## Report on Land Acquisition for National Highway 215 Expansion in Odisha
**1. Executive Summary:**
This report analyzes a government notification (S.O. 3310E) concerning the acquisition of land in the Keonjhar district of Odisha for the purpose of building, widening, and four-laning National Highway 215 (NH215) from Km 163 to Km 206.2 (Rimuli-Koida). The notification declares the Central Government's intention to acquire specified land parcels, following due process as outlined in the National Highway Act of 1956. The key finding is that the notification finalizes the land acquisition process, vesting the land in the Central Government for highway expansion.
**2. Introduction:**
This report aims to provide an informative overview of a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways regarding land acquisition for the expansion of National Highway 215 in Odisha. This analysis is based solely on the information provided in the given policy text.
**3. Policy Overview:**
This is a notification enacting the acquisition of land and therefore constitutes a *new policy action* within the broader context of highway development.
* **Core Objective(s):** The primary objective, as stated in the text, is to acquire land for "building, widening, four-laning, etc., maintenance, management and operation of NH215."
**4. Background and Rationale:**
This new policy action addresses the need to expand and improve the existing NH215. The text indicates that the existing infrastructure requires upgrading via widening and four-laning to improve traffic flow, connectivity, and potentially, economic activity in the region. The need for land acquisition arises from this infrastructural expansion.
**5. Key Provisions / Changes:**
Since this is a notification enacting land acquisition, the key provisions are:
* **Declaration of Intent:** The notification references an earlier notification (S.O.2602dated.28.06.2021) declaring the initial intention to acquire the land.
* **Land Acquisition Finalization:** This notification (S.O. 3310E) formally declares that the land specified in the attached schedule *should be acquired* for the stated purpose (NH215 expansion). This is a crucial step in the acquisition process.
* **Land Vesting:** Upon publication in the Official Gazette, the notification declares that the specified land will "vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances." This means the Central Government gains full ownership and rights to the land, clearing any previous claims or liabilities.
* **Schedule of Land:** The notification includes a schedule detailing specific land parcels to be acquired. This schedule lists the survey numbers, type of land (private or government), nature of the land (Sarad, Patharbani, Taila), area in hectares, and names of landowners/interested persons. Example: Survey Number 827, Private SaradIII land, 0.0080939 Hectares, Tata Sponge Iron Limited.
**6. Target Audience and Stakeholders:**
Based on the text, the following are directly affected:
* **Landowners/Interested Persons:** Those listed in the schedule (e.g., Tata Sponge Iron Limited) who are losing land due to the acquisition.
* **Residents of Keonjhar District, Odisha:** The road expansion impacts the local community, potentially affecting access to services, property values, and daily commutes during construction.
* **Users of NH215:** Travelers and businesses relying on NH215 will benefit from the improved infrastructure.
* **Government of Odisha:** As the land is located within the state, the Odisha government is a stakeholder in the overall project.
**7. Implementation Aspects (Inferred):**
* **Responsible agency/bodies mentioned:**
* Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The issuing authority of the notification.
* Central Government: The ultimate authority responsible for the acquisition.
* Competent Authority: This body likely conducted the necessary surveys, valuations, and hearings related to the land acquisition, and submitted a report to the Central Government.
* **Timelines or procedures specified in the text:**
* The notification references prior steps, including the initial declaration of intent (S.O.2602dated.28.06.2021) and publication of the notification's substance in local newspapers (Samaj and Sambad on 08.07.2021 and 09.07.2021).
* The vesting of the land occurs upon publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
* **Procedure:** The text indicates a multi-stage procedure: Initial notification, publication in local media, consideration of objections, submission of a report by a competent authority, and final declaration of acquisition.
**8. Expected Outcomes / Impact of Changes:**
The intended outcomes of this land acquisition, based on the policy provisions, are:
* **Improved Infrastructure:** The primary outcome is the expansion and upgrade of NH215 through widening and four-laning.
* **Enhanced Connectivity:** Better road infrastructure should improve connectivity between Rimuli and Koida, and potentially broader regional connectivity.
* **Economic Development:** Improved transportation infrastructure can facilitate trade, commerce, and overall economic development in the region.
* **Potential Displacement/Compensation:** Landowners will be displaced, but the policy implies a process for compensation, although the specific details of compensation are not included in the provided text.
**9. Conclusion:**
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways' notification represents a significant step in the expansion and improvement of National Highway 215 in Odisha. The notification finalizes the acquisition of specified land parcels, vesting them in the Central Government for the purpose of building, widening, and four-laning the highway. This is expected to lead to improved infrastructure, enhanced connectivity, and potential economic benefits for the region. The notification is significant as it marks the completion of the land acquisition process, paving the way for the physical expansion of the highway.
Key Entities Referenced
National Highway Act, 1956: Act under which the land acquisition is being carried out. Referenced as 'the said Act'.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: The government ministry responsible for the notification and land acquisition.
New Delhi: Location of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways which issued the notification.
NH215: National Highway 215, the road for which land is being acquired for building, widening, four-laning, maintenance, management and operation.
RimuliKoida: The stretch of land from Km. 163 to Km. 206.2. where land acquisition is taking place
KEONJHAR, ODISHA: District and state where the land acquisition is taking place.
Samaj: Name of the newspaper where the notification was published.
Sambad: Name of the newspaper where the notification was published.
Central Government: The governing body making the declaration for land acquisition.
Barbil: Taluk where land acquisition is taking place
Bhagalapur: Village where land acquisition is taking place
Tata Sponge Iron Limited: Name of the Land Owner/Interested Person
Lahanda: Village where land acquisition is taking place
Rajesh Gupta: Director, signatory of the document
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भाग II—खण्ड 3—ईप-खण्ड (ii)
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स.ं 3062] नइ ददल्ली, िक्रु वार, ऄगस्ट्त 13, 2021/श्रावण 22, 1943
No. 3062] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021/SRAVANA 22, 1943
सड़क पररवहन और रािमाग ग मंत्रालय
ऄजधसचू ना
नइ ददल् ली, 13 ऄगस्ट् त, 2021
का.अ. 3310(ऄ).—केन्द्रीय सरकार ने, राष्ट्रीय रािमाग ग ऄजधजनयम, 1956 (1956 का 48) (जिस े आसमें आसके
पश्चात् ईक्त ऄजधजनयम कहा गया ह)ै की धारा 3क की ईपधारा (1) के ऄधीन िारी की गइ भारत सरकार के सड़क
पररवहन और रािमागग मंत्रालय की ऄजधसूचना संख्या का.अ.2602(E)/28.06.2021, िो भारत के रािपत्र, ऄसाधारण,
भाग II, खण्ड 3, ईपखंड (ii) में प्रकाजित की गइ थी, द्वारा ईड़ीसा राज्य के क्योंझर जिल े में NH215 के दक.मी. 163 से
दक.मी. 206.2 (ररमुली-कोआदा) तक के राष्ट्रीय रािमागग के जनमागण (चौड़ाकरने/चार लेन का बनाने, अदद), ऄनुरक्षण,
प्रबंधन और प्रचालन के जलए ईस ऄजधसूचना से ईपाबद्ध ऄनुसूची में जवजनर्ददष्ट भूजम का ऄिनग करने के ऄपने अिय की
घोषणा की थी ;
और ईक्त ऄजधसूचना का सार ईक्त ऄजधजनयम की धारा 3क की ईपधारा (3) के ऄधीन तारीख "08.07.2021"
को "समाि" और 09.07.2021 को "सम्बाद" दोनों में प्रकाजित दकया गया था ;
और अक्षेप प्राप्त हुए थ े और सक्षम प्राजधकारी ने ईन पर जवचार कर जलया ह ै और अक्षेपों को ऄननुज्ञात कर ददया
ह ै;
और सक्षम प्राजधकारी ने ईक्त ऄजधजनयम की धारा 3घ की ईपधारा (1) के ऄनुसरण में, केन्द्रीय सरकार को ऄपनी
ररपोर्ग द े दी ह ै;
4545 GI/2021 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
ऄतः ऄब, केन्द्रीय सरकार, सक्षम प्राजधकारी की ईक्त ररपोर्ग प्राप्त हो िान े पर और ईक्त ऄजधजनयम की धारा 3घ
की ईपधारा (1) द्वारा प्रदत्त िजक्तयों का प्रयोग करते हुए, यह घोषणा करती ह ै दक ईक्त ऄनुसूची में जवजनर्ददष्ट भूजम का
पूवोक्त प्रयोिन के जलए ऄिगन दकया िाना चाजहए ;
और ऄब, केन्द्रीय सरकार, ईक्त ऄजधजनयम की धारा 3घ की ईपधारा (2) के ऄनुसरण में यह घोषणा करती ह ै दक
आस ऄजधसूचना के रािपत्र म ें प्रकािन पर, ईक्त ऄनुसूची में जवजनर्ददष्ट भूजम सभी जवल्लंगमों से मुक्त होकर अत्यजन्द्तक रूप
से केन्द्रीय सरकार में जनजहत हो िाएगी ।
ऄनसु चू ी
ईड़ीसा राज्य के क्योंझर जिल े म ें NH215 के दक.मी. 163 स े दक.मी.206.2 (ररमुली-कोआदा ) के जलए ऄिगन की
िान े वाली संरचना सजहत ऄथवा सरं चना रजहत जववरण।
राज्य का नाम: ईड़ीसा जिल े का नाम: क्योंझर
क्रजमक सवेक्षण सख्ं या भूजम का प्रकार भूजम की प्रकृजत भूजम का भूस्ट्वामी जहतबद्ध व्यजक्तयों का नाम
संख्या क्षेत्रफल
(हक्े र्ेयर म)ें
1 2 3 4 5 6
तालकु का नाम: बरजबल
गांव का नाम: भागलपरु
र्ार्ा स्ट्पंि अयरन जलजमर्ेड
1 827 जनिी सरद-III 0.0080939
(८२७)
अबाद िोग्य ऄनाबदी
2 828 सरकारी सरद-III 0.0121004
(८२८)
र्ार्ा स्ट्पंि अयरन जलजमर्ेड
3 830 जनिी सरद-III 0.0040065
(८३०)
अबाद अिोग्या ऄनाबादी
4 847 सरकारी पथरबानी 0.040429
(८४७)
अबाद अिोग्या ऄनाबादी
5 849 सरकारी पथरबानी 0.113274
(८४९)
अबाद अिोग्या ऄनाबादी
6 852 सरकारी पथरबानी 0.1290975
()
गांव का नाम: लहन्द्दा
अबाद अिोग्या ऄनाबादी
7 708 सरकारी पथरबानी 0.0323756
()
अबाद िोग्य ऄनाबदी
8 755 सरकारी तैला-I 0.0161878 (७५५)[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : ऄसाधारण 3
अबाद िोग्य ऄनाबदी
9 756 सरकारी सरद-III 0.0161878
(७५६)
कुल 0.3717525
[फा. सं. NHAI/BOT/11012/71/2005/LA-226/3D ]
रािेि गुप् ता, जनदिे क
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 13th August, 2021
S.O. 3310(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways, S.O.2602/dated.28.06.2021, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii) issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956)
(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intension to acquire the land specified in
the Schedule annexed to the said notification for building (widening/four-laning, etc.), maintenance, management and
operation of NH215 on the stretch of land from Km. 163 to Km. 206.2 (Rimuli-Koida) in the district of KEONJHAR
in the state of ODISHA
And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “Samaj” and “Sambad” on dated
08.07.2021 and 09.07.2021 respectively; under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act;
And whereas objections have been received and the same have been considered and disallowed by the
competent Authority;
And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has
submitted its report to the Central Government;
Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the competent authority and in exercise of the powers
conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land
specified in the said Schedule should be acquired for the aforesaid purpose;
And further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby
declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the said Schedule shall
vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances.
SCHEDULE
Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, falling within the NH215 in the stretch
of land from Km 163 to Km 206.2 (Rimuli-Koida) in the district of KEONJHAR in the state of ODISHA
State: ODISHA District: KEONJHAR
Sr. Survey Type of Land Nature of Area in Name of the Land Owner/Interested
No. Number Land Hectare Person
Part Survey No:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Taluk: Barbil
Village: Bhagalapur
Tata Sponge Iron Limited
1 827 Private sarad-III 0.0080939
827
Abad Jogya Anabadi
2 828 Government Sarad-III 0.0121004
828
Tata Sponge Iron Limited
3 830 Private Sarad-III 0.0040065
830
4 847 Government Patharbani 0.040429 Abad Ajogya Anabadi4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
847
Abad Ajogya Anabadi
5 849 Government Patharbani 0.113274
849
6 852 Government Patharbani 0.1290975 Abad Ajogya Anabadi
Village: Lahanda
7 708 Government Patharbani 0.0323756 Abad Ajogya Anabadi
Abad Jogya Anabadi
8 755 Government Taila-I 0.0161878
755
Abad Jogya Anabadi
9 756 Government Sarad-III 0.0161878
756
TOTAL 0.3717525
[F. No. NHAI/BOT/11012/71/2005/LA-226/3D]
RAJESH GUPTA, Director
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