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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the Ranaghat - Krishnanagar 3rd Line Railway Project in Nadia district, West Bengal.

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S.O. 4625(E), issued by the Ministry of Railways (Eastern Railway (Construction Department)) on August 21, 2026, notifies the Central Government's intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008. This land, located in the Nadia district of West Bengal, is required for the public purpose of executing, maintaining, managing, and operating the 'Ranaghat - Krishnanagar 3rd Line Project'. Interested persons have thirty days from the notification's publication date in the Official Gazette to raise objections to the acquisition under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the competent authority, the Additional District Magistrate (LA), Nadia, West Bengal, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. The order issued by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D of the said Act will be final. Details and land plans are available for inspection at the competent authority's office. The brief description of land to be acquired includes private and autonomous body land, categorized as agriculture and non-agriculture, across Mouzas such as Halalpur, Krishnapur-012, Kamgachhi-17, Patua, Noapukuria-41, and Jalalkhali-115, with specific plot numbers and areas in acres and hectares.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-WB-E-21082026-275666 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4444] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2026/SHRAVAN 30, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [Eastern Railway(Construction Department)] NOTIFICATION Kolkata, the 21st August, 2026 S.O. 4625(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 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 been given in the Schedule annexed here to, is required for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of the Railway Project, namely, "Ranaghat - Krishnanagar 3rdLine Project" in the district of Nadia in the State of West Bengal, 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, Additional District Magistrate (LA), Nadia, West Bengal 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. Brief description of land to be acquired with or without structure for Special Railway Project namely "Ranaghat- Krishnanagar 3rd line" in the District of Nadia +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+---------------+--------------+------------+-----------+ | Sl. | Name of | Police | Mouza, J.L. no, | Plot No. | Type of land | Nature of | Area to be acquired | | No. | the | Station | Sheet no | | | land | | | | District | | +-------+-------+ | +-------+----+ | | | | | RS | LR | | | Acres | Hectares | +=====+============+================+==========================+=======+=======+==============+============+=======+====+ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 1 | | | Halalpur | 309 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.1100| 0.0445 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 2 | Nadia | Ranaghat | Krishnapur - 012, | 312 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.0600| 0.0243 | | | | | Sheet no 01 | | | | | | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 3 | | | | 313 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.0450| 0.0182 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 1 | | | | | 1979/2881| Private | Non | 0.1700| 0.0688 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 2 | | | | | 1979/2890| Private | Non | 0.1925| 0.0779 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 3 | Nadia | Ranaghat-1 | Kamgachhi - 17 | | 1979/2891| Private | Non | 0.0625| 0.0253 | | | | | (Sh. No. 4) | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 4 | | | | | 1979/2892| Private | Non | 0.1275| 0.0516 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 5 | | | | | 1979/2893| Private | Non | 0.1800| 0.0728 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 6 | | | | | 1980/2898| Private | Non | 0.0150| 0.0061 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 1 | | | | | 725 | Private | Agriculture| 0.1450| 0.0587 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 2 | Nadia | Hanskhali | Patua, J.L. | | 728 | Private | Agriculture| 0.1000| 0.0405 | | | | | No. 42 | | | | | | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 3 | | | | | 729 | Private | Agriculture| 0.1000| 0.0405 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 4 | | | | | 731 | Private | Agriculture/| 0.2900| 0.1174 | | | | | | | | | Non | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 5 | | | | | 730 | Private | Agriculture| 0.1100| 0.0445 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 1 | | | | 17 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.6125| 0.2479 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 2 | Nadia | Hanskhali | Noapukuria - 41 | 18 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.2450| 0.0991 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 3 | | | | 27 | | Private | Agriculture| 0.3000| 0.1214 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 1 | | | | | 962 | Private | Non | 0.0345| 0.0140 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 2 | | | | | 963 | Private | Non | 0.0100| 0.0040 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 3 | | | | | 1000 | Autonomous | Non | 0.0650| 0.0263 | | | | | | | | body | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 4 | Nadia | Krishnagar | Jalalkhali - 115 | | 1115/1504| Private | Agriculture| 0.3500| 0.1416 | | | | | (Sh. No. 3) | | | | | | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 5 | | | | | 1115 | Private | Non | 1.2500| 0.5058 | | | | | | | | | Agriculture| | | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 6 | | | | | 1063 | Private | Agriculture| 0.1500| 0.0607 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ | 7 | | | | | 1062 | Private | Agriculture| 0.2500| 0.1012 | +-----+------------+----------------+--------------------------+-------+-------+--------------+------------+-------+----+ [F. No. CAO/Con/L/322] MANOJ KHAN, 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.

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