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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing, maintaining, managing, and operating the Chunar Chopan Doubling Project, a Special Railway Project, in Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh.

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The Ministry of Railways (North Central Railway (Construction Organization)) issued Notification S.O. 1538E on March 19, 2026, in Prayagraj. This notification, published on March 24, 2026, declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land for the Chunar Chopan Doubling Project in Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), as amended by the Railway (amendment) Act, 2008 (11 of 2008). Interested persons have thirty days from the notification's publication in the Official Gazette to raise objections to the acquisition under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be submitted in writing to the Special Land Acquisition Officer (Irrigation), Mirzapur District-Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. The competent authority's order under sub-section (2) of section 20-D will be final. The land to be acquired, with or without structures, totals 6.3738 hectares across villages Dhauha (2.5113 ha), Samudawa (0.4439 ha), Jaugarh (3.1726 ha), Taktaiya (0.1730 ha), and Jamuhar (0.0730 ha) in Chunar Tehsil, Mirzapur District. Land plans and other details are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. The notification was signed by Rajkumar Wankhede, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-UP-E-27032026-271327 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1473] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026/CHAITRA 3, 1948 (1) 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] 3 [F. No. 1-G/CAR-CPU/Land Acquisition/01] MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [North Central Railway (Construction Organization)] NOTIFICATION Prayagraj, the 19th March, 2026 S.O. 1538E.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) Railway (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 is given in the schedule annexed hereto is required for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of the Special Railway Project namely Chunar Chopan Doubling Projectin District Mirzapur in the State of Uttar Pradesh 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, Special Land Acquisition Officer (Irrigation), Mirzapur District-Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh 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 20-D 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 acquire, with or without structure, for the special Railway Project, namely, Chunar To Chopan Doubling Railway Project in Mirzapur District in The State of Utter Pradesh. Sr. No. | Village Name | Tehsil Name | Khasra No. Or Plot No. | Area of aquire land (in hact.) | Nature of Land 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 937 | 0.0473 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 486 | 0.0446 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 492 | 0.0390 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 484 | 0.0062 | Private/Railway 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 493 | 0.0088 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 497 | 0.1648 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 1073 | 0.1627 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 482 | 0.0043 | Private/Govt. 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 481 | 0.0429 | Private 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 1049 | 0.0979 | Private/Govt./Forest 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 1050 | 0.1028 | Private/Forest 1 | Dhauha | Chunar | 476 | 0.1374 | Govt./Private 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] 478 | 1.6526 | Private/Govt./Forest Total | 2.5113 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 208 | 0.0365 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 211 | 0.0469 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 203 | 0.0021 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 214 | 0.0257 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 215 | 0.0713 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 217 | 0.0503 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 218 | 0.0170 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 233 | 0.0427 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 236 | 0.0120 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 315 | 0.0014 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 308 | 0.0133 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 297 | 0.0037 | Private 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 301 | 0.0025 | Forest 2 | Samudawa | Chunar | 374 | 0.1185 | Forest Total | 0.4439 3 | Jaugarh | Chunar | 405 | 0.3006 | Forest 3 | Jaugarh | Chunar | 410 | 1.1539 | Forest 3 | Jaugarh | Chunar | 377 | 1.7181 | Forest Total | 3.1726 4 | Taktaiya | Chunar | 320 | 0.0689 | Forest 4 | Taktaiya | Chunar | 322 | 0.1041 | Private/Forest Total | 0.1730 5 | Jamuhar | Chunar | 41 | 0.0730 | Private Total | 0.0730 Grand Total | 6.3738 [F. No. 1-G/CAR-CPU/Land Acquisition/01] RAJKUMAR WANKHEDE, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) 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.

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