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The Central Government notifies a specific railway project as a Special Railway Project under clause (37A) of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989.

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The Ministry of Railways (South Eastern Railway (Construction Organization)), through Notification S.O. 3252(E) dated July 16, 2025, announces the Central Government's decision to notify a specific project as a Special Railway Project. This action is exercised under the powers conferred by clause (37A) of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989, and is effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, July 16, 2025. The project aims to provide railway connectivity to previously unconnected Major Iron Ore mines located in Sundargarh and Keonjhar Districts of Odisha, and West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand State. The total length of this project is 198.73 Km, encompassing multiple alignments: Barbil-Nayagarh (63.12 Km, Double line), Nuagaon-Barsuan (56.10 Km, Single line), Sanindpur-Dholtapahar via Kurmitar (62.0 Km, Single line), and Kiriburu-Bhadrasahi (17.73 Km, Single line). The notification was signed by Rajeev Shrivastava, Chief Admin.Officer(Con).

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-WB-E-17072025-264731 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3182] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025/ASHADHA 25, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [South Eastern Railway (Construction Organization)] NOTIFICATION Kolkata, the 16th July, 2025 S.O. 3252(E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (37A) of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989, the Central Government hereby notifies the following project as Special Railway Project, as mentioned in column (2) of the Table below in the State mentioned in column (3) of the Table, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. TABLE +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Sl. | Name of Projects | State/Union Territory | | no. | | | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ | 1 | Providing Railway connectivity to the unconnected Major | Odisha, Jharkhand | | | Iron Ore mines in Sundargarh and Keonjhar Districts of | | | | Odisha and West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand State | | | | between Barbil-Barsuan-Nayagarh-Kiriburu railway stations | | | | total 198.73Km., for the alignments of | | | | 1) Barbil-Nayagarh (63.12 Km., Double line), | | | | 2) Nuagaon-Barsuan (56.10 Km., Single line), | | | | 3) Sanindpur-Dholtapahar via Kurmitar (62.0Km., Single | | | | line) and | | | | 4) Kiriburu-Bhadrasahi (17.73 Km., Single line) | | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+ [F. No. SER/CON-Orgn./HQ/Land/ Iron Ore Connectivity BBN-NYG-BXF-KRBU/SRP/1] RAJEEV SHRIVASTAVA, Chief Admin.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: 2025.07.17 14:08:15 +05'30'

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