**Policy Summary:**
This notification, S.O. 3252(E), issued by the Ministry of Railways, designates a railway project as a "Special Railway Project" under clause 37A of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989. The notification is effective from July 16, 2025, the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
The designated project involves providing railway connectivity to unconnected major iron ore mines in the Sundargarh and Keonjhar Districts of Odisha and West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. The project encompasses a total of 198.73 km of railway lines between Barbil-Barsuan-Nayagarh-Kiriburu railway stations, with the following alignments:
1. Barbil-Nayagarh: 63.12 km, Double line, located in Odisha and Jharkhand.
2. Nuagaon-Barsuan: 56.10 km, Single line.
3. Sanindpur-Dholtapahar via Kurmitar: 62.0 km, Single line.
4. Kiriburu-Bhadrasahi: 17.73 km, Single line.
This project is managed by the South Eastern Railway Construction Organization (SERCON). The file number associated with this notification is F. No. SERCON/Orgn./HQ/Land Iron Ore Connectivity/BBNNYGBX/FKRBUSRP/1. Contact the Chief Administrative Officer of SERCON, RAJEEV SHRIVASTAVA, for further information.
Key Entities Referenced
Railways Act, 1989: A law that empowers the Central Government to notify railway projects as Special Railway Projects.
Special Railway Project: A project as defined under clause 37A of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989.
Ministry of Railways: The government ministry responsible for the railways.
South Eastern Railway Construction Organization: A construction organization under the Ministry of Railways.
Odisha: A state in India where part of the railway project is located.
Jharkhand: A state in India where part of the railway project is located.
Barbil-Barsuan-Nayagarh-Kiriburu railway stations: A railway line spanning 198.73 km connecting the Major Iron Ore mines in Sundargarh and Keonjhar Districts of Odisha and West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand State.
Rajeev Shrivastava: Chief Administrative Officer
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
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स.ं 3182] िई कदलली, बधु र्ार, िुलाई 16, 2025/आषाढ़ 25, 1947
No. 3182] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025/ASHADHA 25, 1947
रेल मत्रं ालय
[दजिण पर्ू व रेलर्े (जिमाणव सगं ठि)]
अजधसचू िा
कोलकाता, 16 िलु ाई, 2025
का.आ. 3252(अ).—केन्द रीय सरकार, रेल अजधजियम, 1989 की धारा 2 के खंड (37क) द्वारा प्रदत् त
िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, रािपत्र में इस अजधसूचिा के प्रकािि की तारीख से, सारणी के स्ट्त म् भ (3) म ें
उजललजखत राज् य के िीचे सारणी के स्ट्त म् भ (2) में यथा-उजललजखत जर्िेष रेल पररयोििा के रूप में जिम् िजलजखत
पररयोििा को अजधसूजचत करती ह ै ।
सारणी
क्रम स.ं पररयोििा का िाम राज्य / केंर िाजसत प्रदेि
(1) ( 2) ( 3)
1 ओजडिा के सुंदरगढ़ और क्योंझर जिलों और झारखडं राज्य के पजिमी ससंहभूम
जिले म ें बारजबल-बरसुआ-ं ियागढ़-ककरीबुरु रेलर्े स्ट्टेिि के बीच कुल 198.73
ककमी की असंबद्ध प्रमुख लौह अयस्ट्क खदािों के जलए रेलर्े संयोिकता प्रदाि
करिा,
ओजडिा,
1) बारजबल-ियागढ़ (63.12 ककमी, दोहरी लाइि),
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2) िआु गांर्-बरसुआ ं (56.10 ककमी, एकल लाइि), झारखंड
3) कुमीटार के माध्यम स े सजिन्ददपुर-धोलतापहाड़ (62.0 ककमी, एकल लाइि)
और
4) ककरीबुरु-भरसाही (17.73 ककमी, एकल लाइि) के संरेखण के जलए ।
[फा. स.ं दपूरेजिमावण/-संगठि/मुख्यालय/भूजम/ लौह अयस्ट्क किेजक्टजर्टी बीबीएि-एिर्ाईिी-बीएक्सएफ- केआरबीयू/एसआरपी/1]
रािीर् श्रीर्ास्ट्तर्, मख्ु य प्रिासजिक अजधकारी (जिमावण)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
[South Eastern Railway (Construction Organization)]
NOTIFICATION
Kolkata, the 16th July, 2025
S.O. 3252(E).— In exercise of the powers conferr ed 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 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), Odisha, Jharkhand
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)
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