Date: 2026-01-02Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Publication of notification of extraordinary gazette under Part II section 3 Sub Section (II) Notification under clause 37 A of section 2 of the Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 for construction of Surendrnagar Pipavav doubling project in Rajkot and Bhavnagar Division Western Railway to be declared as a Special Railway Project in the State of Gujarat.
The Gazette of India, published on January 2, 2026, notifies that the Central Government, under the powers conferred by clause 37A of Section 2 of the Railways (Amendment) Act 2008, has designated the Surendrnagar Pipavav doubling project in the Rajkot and Bhavnagar Divisions of Western Railway as a Special Railway Project for land acquisition in Gujarat. This notification will be published in the Official Gazette. The notification number is S.O. 20(E) and the file number is E-704153. S.R. Prasad, Chief Project Manager (Construction)-II, is the issuing authority.
Key Entities Referenced
Railways (Amendment) Act 2008: Provides the legal basis for the notification, specifically clause 37A of Section 2.
Surendrnagar Pipavav doubling project: The specific railway infrastructure project being declared as a Special Railway Project, located in Rajkot and Bhavnagar Division on Western Railway.
Ministry of Railways: The primary government body issuing the notification regarding the railway project.
Gujarat: The state where the land acquisition for the railway project is taking place.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 20] िई ददल्ली, ि क्रवार, ििवरी 2, 2026/पौष 12, 1947
No. 20] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2026/PAUSHA 12, 1947
रेल मत्रं ालय
[पजिम रेलव े(जिमाणा सगं ठि)]
अजधसचू िा
म ंबई, 2 ििवरी, 2026
का.आ. 20(अ).— रेलवे (संिोधि) अजधजियम 2008 की धारा 2 के खंड 37क द्वारा प्रदत्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े
हुए, केंद्र सरकार एतद्द्वारा पजिमी रेलवे के रािकोट और भाविगर जडवीिि म ेंस रेंद्रिगर जपपावाव दोहरीकरण पररयोििा
को ग िरात राज्य म ें भूजम अजधग्रहण हते एक जविेष रेलवे पररयोििा के रूप म ें अजधसूजचत करती ह,ै और इस अजधसूचिा
को आजधकाररक रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित करि े का प्रावधाि करती ह।ै
[फा. सं. E-704153]
एस.आर. प्रसाद, मख् य पररयोििा प्रबंधक (जिमााण)-II
27 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
[Western Railway (Construction Organization)]
NOTIFICATION
Mumbai, the 2nd January, 2026
S.O. 20(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause 37A of Section 2 of the Railways (Amendment)
Act 2008 the Central Government hereby notifies Surendrnagar Pipavav doubling project in Rajkot and Bhavnagar
Division on Western Railway as a Special Railway Project for acquisition of land in the State of Gujarat, for providing
of this notification in the Official Gazette.
[F. No. E-704153]
S. R. PRASAD, Chief Project Manager (Construction)-II
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