Form IV, Preliminary Notification

What the notification does

The Tamil Nadu Public Works Department issued Government Order Number 236 dated 6 December 2019 as a preliminary land acquisition notification. It states that 17.79.28 hectares of land in Sengulam Village, Palayamkottai Taluk, Tirunelveli District, is under acquisition for the Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar interlinking Flood Carrier Canal Project.

The public purpose is the formation of a flood carrier canal from the Kannadian Channel to drought prone areas of Sattankulam and Thisayanvillai by interlinking the Tamirabarani, Karumeniyar and Nambiyar rivers in Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts.

Land and people affected

The preliminary notification affects land included in its schedule. The schedule identifies dry land by survey number and subdivision, area under acquisition, boundaries, names of interested persons and registered holder details.

Property buyers, owners and professionals dealing with land in Sengulam Village should check whether the relevant survey number or subdivision appears in the schedule. The listed parcels include survey numbers in several groups, including 1, 6 to 27, 47 to 50, 310 to 327 and 614, with specific subdivisions stated for each parcel.

Key provisions

• The scheduled extent is 17.79.28 hectares.
• The land is being acquired for formation of the Flood Carrier Canal.
• WAPCOS carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment study for the irrigation project.
• The notification states that a Social Impact Assessment does not apply because an Environmental Impact Assessment was carried out.
• The requisitioning body entered the project area on 1 December 2010 and dug the canal.
• The notification states that no family was displaced by the land acquisition.
• The Sub Collector, Tirunelveli, is appointed as Administrator for Rehabilitation and Resettlement.
• The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Special Project Division, Tirunelveli, and staff are authorised to enter survey land, take levels, dig or bore into the subsoil and perform work needed for the project.

Transactions, inspection and objections

The preliminary notification prohibits any sale, purchase or other transaction, or creation of an encumbrance, over the notified land from the date of Gazette publication unless the Collector gives prior approval.

A plan of the land may be inspected at the office of the Collector and Land Acquisition Officer during working hours on a working day. An interested person may file an objection before the District Collector within 60 days from the date of publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.