**Executive Summary**
This document, published in the Gazette of India on December 29, 2025, is a notification from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. It authorizes specific officers as competent authorities for land acquisition related to the construction of the proposed Rishikesh bypass on National Highway No. 7 (NH7) in Uttarakhand. This bypass will run from near Teenpani Flyover to Kharasrote.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Authorization of Competent Authorities:**
* The Central Government authorizes specific officers as competent authorities under the National Highways Act, 1956.
* These officers are responsible for performing functions related to land acquisition for the project.
* **Project Scope:**
* The project involves the construction of the Rishikesh bypass on NH7 in Uttarakhand.
* The bypass will extend from kilometer 529.750 to kilometer 542.420, connecting Teenpani Flyover to Kharasrote.
* **Geographic Details:**
* The land acquisition will occur in the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand.
* The project impacts the following villages: Bhattowala, Syampur, Garhi Maychak, Khairi Kalan, Khairikurd, Gumaniwala, Rishikesh, and Khand Gaon, within the Rishikesh taluk.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Residents and Landowners in Affected Villages (Bhattowala, Syampur, Garhi Maychak, Khairi Kalan, Khairikurd, Gumaniwala, Rishikesh, and Khand Gaon)**
* **Impact:**
* Their land is subject to acquisition for the construction of the Rishikesh bypass.
* This may involve displacement or loss of property.
* **Action Required:**
* Residents and landowners should be prepared to cooperate with land acquisition procedures, potentially including surveys and valuations.
* They may need to engage with the competent authorities regarding compensation and resettlement, as applicable.
**Stakeholder: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways**
* **Impact:**
* The ministry is overseeing and responsible for the construction of the Rishikesh Bypass project.
* **Action Required:**
* The ministry must ensure that competent authorities take actions to complete land acquistion as per the scope defined in the notification.
* They should execute the project within the framework of the National Highways Act, 1956.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highways Act, 1956: The Act under which the central government exercises power to acquire land for national highways.
NH7: National Highway 7, where land acquisition is taking place for the Rishikesh bypass.
Uttarakhand: The state where the land acquisition for the Rishikesh bypass is occurring.
Rishikesh Bypass: The project requiring land acquisition, spanning from Teenpani Flyover to Kharasrote via various villages.
Dehradun: The district in Uttarakhand where the Rishikesh Bypass is being constructed.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 5859] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, दिसम्ब र 29, 2025/पौि 8, 1947
No. 5859] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025/PAUSHA 8, 1947
सड़क पररवहन और रािमाग गमत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 29 दिसम् बर, 2025
का.आ. 6059(अ).—केन्द्रीय सरकार, राष्ट्रीय रािमागग अजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) की धारा 3 के खडं (क)
द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, इस अजधसूचना के िासकीय रािपत्र म ें प्रकाजित होने की तारीख से, उत्तराखंड
राज्य में (NH7) के दक.मी 529.750 से दकमी 542.420 तीनपानी फलाई ओवर स े खारास्त्रोत पलु वाया तीनपानी- गढ़ी
मायचक- भुटटोवाला - ढ़ालवाला- खारास्त्रोत पलु तक के प्रस्ट्ताजवत ऋजिकेि बाईपास के जनमागण हते ु उि अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ
(4), (5), (6) और (7) म ें क्रमिः उजल्लजखत राज्य, जिलों, तालुकों और गावों से सम्बजन्द्धत उि अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (3) की
तत्सस्ट्थानी प्रजवजि में जवजनर्िगि भूजम के सम्बन्द्ध म ें अनुसूची के स्ट्तम्भ (2) म ें उजल्लजखत अजधकाररयों को उि अजधजनयम के
अन्द्तगगत सक्षम अजधकाररयों के कृत्सयों का जनष्पािन करन े के जलए एतद्द्वारा सक्षम प्राजधकारी के रूप म ेंप्राजधकृत करती ह ै
8766 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
अनसु चू ी
उत्तराखंड राज्य म ेंराष्ट्रीय रािमागग संख्या-NH7 पर भूजम का अजधग्रहण
क्रजमक सक्षम भूजम का राज्य जिल ेका तालकु का नाम गावं का नाम
सख्ं या प्राजधकारी जववरण 4 नाम 6 7
1 2 3 5
1 जविेि भूजम राष्ट्रीय उत्तराखंड िेहरािनू ऋजिकेि 1 भुटटोवाला
अध्याजि रािमागग
अजधकारी, संख्या 2 श्यामपुर
िेहरािनू NH7 3 गढ़ी मायचक
के दक.मी
4 खैरी कला ं
529.75
स े दक.मी 5 खैरी खुि ग
542.42
6 गुमानीवाला
तक
7 ऋजिकेि
8 खाण्ड़ गांव
[फा. स. ं RO/UK/NH-07/Rishikesh Bypass]
िेख अमीनखान, जनििे क
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th December, 2025
S.O. 6059(E).— In exercise of powers conferred by clause (a) of section 3 of the National Highways Act,
1956(48 of 1956), the Central Government hereby authorizes the officers mentioned in column (2) of the Schedule
annexed here to as the competent authorities to perform the functions of such authorities under the said Act with effect
from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, in respect of the stretch of land specified in
the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Schedule relating to state, districts, taluk and villages mentioned
in column (4), (5), (6) and (7) respectively of the said Schedule for Construction of Proposed Rishikesh, commencing
from Near Teenpani Flyover to Kharasrote via Teenpani Garhimaychak-Bhattowala-Dhalwala- Kharasrote of
km. 529.750 to km. 542.420 of Dehradun (NH7) in the State of UTTARAKHAND.
SCHEDULE
Land acquisition on National Highway No. NH7 in the State of UTTARAKHAND.
Sl. CALA Stretch State District Taluk/Mandal Name of the
No. 2 3 4 5 6 Village
1 7
1 SLAO, NH7 UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN
Rishikesh 1 Bhattowala
Dehradun KM
2 Syampur
529.75
TO KM 3 Garhi Maychak
542.42
4 Khairi Kalan
5 Khairikurd[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
6 Gumaniwala
7 Rishikesh
8 Khand Gaon
[F. No. RO/UK/NH-07/Rishikesh Bypass]
SHAIKH AMINKHAN, Director
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