BNB Land Consultancy is providing comprehensive land solutions for GMDC Ltd., a major public sector undertaking, to facilitate the operationalization of two strategic coal blocks: Baitarni-West in Angul and Burapahar in Sundergarh. This ongoing project, active since 2023, involves the complex and simultaneous execution of land acquisition for private land and land alienation for government land. Our role encompasses the entire process, ensuring strict adherence to the RFCTLARR Act, 2013, the CBA Act, and state-specific regulations to secure the Mining Lease area while safeguarding the interests of all stakeholders.
Assignment Details:
Our comprehensive assignment is structured around two critical, parallel workstreams. For private land acquisition, we are steering the entire process under the RFCTLARR Act, 2013. This encompasses initial preparatory work such as drafting the Land Schedule and submitting requisitions via IDCO, followed by managing the complete statutory gamut from issuing the SIA notification under Section 4(1) to publishing declarations under Sections 11(1) and 19(1). A cornerstone of this process is orchestrating extensive public consultations, including district and village-level Public Hearings and Grama Sabhas, leading to the finalization of the R&R Award, overseeing the disbursement of compensation, and securing the final lease sanction and physical possession.
Concurrently, for the alienation of government land, our responsibilities include preparing the requisite Land Schedules, formally applying for alienation, shepherding the proposal through administrative approvals and Grama Sabha consent, and ultimately obtaining the Collector’s sanction to facilitate the legal transfer and physical handover of the land.
Project Objectives:
The core mission of this project is to seamlessly secure the entire Mining Lease area by successfully concluding both land acquisition and alienation processes, thereby enabling the client’s operational timeline. This necessitates a rigorous adherence to all statutory mandates under the RFCTLARR and CBA Acts. A fundamental objective is to foster community trust and ensure social compliance through transparent and inclusive stakeholder engagement in all affected villages.
Finally, our focus is on the timely finalization of the R&R Award and compensation, culminating in the critical handover of physical possession to GMDC Ltd. to empower the commencement of mining activities.
