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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land in District Banaskantha, Gujarat, for the execution, maintenance, management, and operation of the Taranga Hill - Abu Road via Ambaji New BG Line Special Railways Project, under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008.

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The Ministry of Railways, through its North Western Railway (Construction Organization), issued Notification S.O. 3072(E) on July 10, 2025, announcing the Central Government's intention to acquire private agricultural land for the "Taranga Hill - Abu Road via Ambaji New BG Line (116.65 Km)" Special Railways Project. This declaration is made under the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008). The land, located in Danta Taluka of Banaskantha District in Gujarat, spans several villages including Navavaskanth, Unodara, Dalpura, Jelana, Jamru, Jodhasar, Kesarpura, Hadad, Begadiyavas, and Ranika, totaling 31660.16 square meters (3.1660 hectares). Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within thirty days from the publication date of this notification in the Official Gazette to the competent authority, specifically the Sub Division/Prant Officer Danta, in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be in writing, stating grounds, and the objector will be granted an opportunity of being heard. The order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D shall be final, and land plans and details are available for inspection at their office. The notification was signed by M L MEENA, Chief Administrative Officer/Con.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-RJ-E-11072025-264531 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025/ASHADHA 19, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [North Western Railway (Construction Organization)] NOTIFICATION Jaipur, the 10th July, 2025 S.O. 3072(E).β€”In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has given in the schedule below, is required for execution, maintenance, management and operation of the Special Railways Project, namely "Taranga Hill - Abu Road via Ambaji New BG Line (116.65 Km)" District Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land; Any person interested in the said land may, within a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition and use of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act; Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely, the Sub Division/Prant Officer Danta, in District Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat, in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, either in person or by legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry, if any, as the competent authority thinks necessary, by order, either allow or disallow the objections; Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D of the said Act shall be final; The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the competent authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure for Special Railway Project of Indian Railways Namely, New BG Line Project Between Tarangahill-Ambaji-Abu Road. | Sr. No. | District | Taluka | Village | NEW Sr. No. | OLD Sr. No. | Type of Land | Nature of Land | Area (In Sqm.) | | :------ | :---------- | :----- | :------------ | :---------- | :---------- | :----------- | :------------- | :------------- | | 1 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 14 | 58p1 | Private | Agriculture | 302.45 | | 2 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 15 | 59/4p1 | Private | Agriculture | 466.02 | | 3 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 39 | 69/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 289.49 | | 4 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 49 | 73/1 | Private | Agriculture | 308.39 | | 5 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 47 | 72/5 | Private | Agriculture | 269.55 | | 6 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 46 | 72/1 | Private | Agriculture | 564.10 | | 7 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 42 | 71/1 | Private | Agriculture | 1174.98 | | 8 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 41 | 70/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 367.21 | | 9 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 40 | 70/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 432.28 | | 10 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 37 | 68/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 318.14 | | 11 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 36 | 68/4p1 | Private | Agriculture | 451.68 | | 12 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 35 | 68/3p1 | Private | Agriculture | 265.95 | | 13 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 34 | 67/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 361.87 | | 14 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 33 | 67/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 283.40 | | 15 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 32 | 67/3p1 | Private | Agriculture | 374.88 | | 16 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 30 | 66/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 527.73 | | 17 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 29 | 65/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 224.26 | | 18 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 28 | 65/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 962.01 | | 19 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 18 | 59/1 | Private | Agriculture | 134.39 | | 20 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 17 | 59/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 396.98 | | 21 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 16 | 59/3p1 | Private | Agriculture | 740.32 | | 22 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 12 | 57/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 220.05 | | 23 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 11 | 57/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 304.96 | | 24 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 10 | 73/4 | Private | Agriculture | 418.81 | | 25 | Banaskantha | Danta | Navavaskanth | 8 | 73/3 | Private | Agriculture | 422.22 | | 26 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 117 | 2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 810.36 | | 27 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 120 | 4p1 | Private | Agriculture | 697.77 | | 28 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 124 | 13p1 | Private | Agriculture | 381.50 | | 29 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 126 | 14p1 | Private | Agriculture | 1625.01 | | 30 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 150 | 18/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 349.70 | | 31 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 153 | 16/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 751.99 | | 32 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 154 | 16/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 695.78 | | 33 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 155 | 17/1p1 | Private | Agriculture | 857.39 | | 34 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 156 | 17/2p1 | Private | Agriculture | 121.38 | | 35 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 157 | 17/3 | Private | Agriculture | 18.56 | | 36 | Banaskantha | Danta | Unodara | 37 | 46p3 | Private | Agriculture | 25 | | 37 | Banaskantha | Danta | Dalpura | 72 | 53/1 | Private | Agriculture | 0.73 | | 38 | Banaskantha | Danta | Dalpura | 71 | 54/2 | Private | Agriculture | 2154.37 | | 39 | Banaskantha | Danta | Dalpura | 62 | 22 | Private | Agriculture | 423.85 | | 40 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jelana | 6 | 35 | Private | Agriculture | 1054.51 | | 41 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jamru | 364 | 202 | Private | Agriculture | 488.367 | | 42 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jamru | 358 | 196/1 | Private | Agriculture | 499.630 | | 43 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 35 | 18 | Private | Agriculture | 1900.77 | | 44 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 37 | 88 | Private | Agriculture | 2245.51 | | 45 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 57 | 64 | Private | Agriculture | 319.30 | | 46 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 74 | 56 | Private | Agriculture | 82.39 | | 47 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 113 | 66 | Private | Agriculture | 581.38 | | 48 | Banaskantha | Danta | Jodhasar | 104 | 69 | Private | Agriculture | 215.87 | | 49 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 164 | 34/2 | Private | Agriculture | 64.82 | | 50 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 169 | 33/2 | Private | Agriculture | 681.85 | | 51 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 171 | 30/1 | Private | Agriculture | 698.63 | | 52 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 172 | 30/2 | Private | Agriculture | 473.93 | | 53 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 173 | 31 | Private | Agriculture | 205.66 | | 54 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 187 | 30/3 | Private | Agriculture | 548.42 | | 55 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 188 | 22/1 | Private | Agriculture | 192.62 | | 56 | Banaskantha | Danta | Kesarpura | 189 | 22/2 | Private | Agriculture | 73.54 | | 57 | Banaskantha | Danta | Hadad | 175 | 169/2 | Private | Agriculture | 20.11 | | 58 | Banaskantha | Danta | Hadad | 170 | 169/5 | Private | Agriculture | 181.02 | | 59 | Banaskantha | Danta | Begadiyavas | 34 | 67/1 | Private | Agriculture | 596.08 | | 60 | Banaskantha | Danta | Begadiyavas | 37 | 65/2 | Private | Agriculture | 78.63 | | 61 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 94 | 27/2 | Private | Agriculture | 116.83 | | 62 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 84 | 22 | Private | Agriculture | 38.2 | | 63 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 93 | 24/1 | Private | Agriculture | 36.13 | | 64 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 95 | 27/1 | Private | Agriculture | 516.28 | | 65 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 97 | 28 | Private | Agriculture | 190.72 | | 66 | Banaskantha | Danta | Ranika | 98 | 26 | Private | Agriculture | 63.45 | Total Area to be Acquired in Square Meter 31660.16 Total Area to be Acquired in Hectarer 3.1660 [F. No. NWR/HQ/S&C/443599200 Vol. XVIII] M L MEENA, Chief Administrative Officer/Con. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH YADAVA Date: 2025.07.11 14:54:04 +05'30'

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