Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part VI, Section 1, Supplement No. 46A

Nilaiyur Canal Extension Project

Notification No. VI(1)/507/2022, issued by the Madurai District Collector, concerns land acquisition in Solanguruni Reach 2 Village, Madurai South Taluk. The Government of Tamil Nadu had sanctioned acquisition of 5.23.00 hectares, including land in Survey No. 226/5A4, through Government Order (Ms.) No. 348, Public Works (P1) Department, dated September 26, 1999.

Key points are:

• The preliminary land acquisition notification was published on November 19, 2021.
• The original last date for publishing the declaration was November 18, 2022.
• Because steps were being taken to register land through private negotiation for the requiring body, and for administrative reasons, the declaration period was extended by 12 months.
• The extended deadline was November 18, 2023.

Owners or buyers dealing with land in Solanguruni Reach 2 should check whether the relevant survey land formed part of this acquisition process.

Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar project

Notification No. VI(1)/508/2022 publishes a draft rehabilitation and resettlement scheme for land proposed to be acquired in Kolukkattaikudi Village, Srirangam Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. The project is the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project, covered by Government Order (Ms.) No. 102, Public Works (N2) Department, dated April 27, 2020, and Government Order (Ms.) No. 305, Public Works (N2) Department, dated December 11, 2020.

The notification states:

• The project requires 40.34.00 hectares in the village.
• Acquisition was proposed for 13.22.93 hectares of patta land.
• The preliminary notification was published on September 27, 2022.
• The Revenue Divisional Officer, Srirangam, was appointed Rehabilitation and Resettlement Administrator.
• The draft lists affected land holdings by survey number.
• It records no displaced families, affected infrastructure, affected businesses, disadvantaged families, dependent landless agricultural labourers, cattle sheds or petty shops.
• It concludes that no family in the village was eligible for rehabilitation and resettlement compensation.

Objections

Objections to the draft scheme could be filed with the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Administrator and Revenue Divisional Officer, Srirangam, within 15 days from publication. The notification states that a public hearing would be held on November 4, 2022, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at the Village Administrative Officer's office in Kolukkattaikudi.