Haryana launches portal to purchase land for development projects

Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday launched "ebhoomiharyana.org.in" -- a web portal for purchase of land voluntarily offered to the government for development projects.

The portal has been developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).

Khattar said the Haryana government had in February this year notified a policy for purchase of land voluntarily offered to the government for development projects.

"The policy is aimed at preventing distress sale of land by farmers and involving the landowners in decision making while locating the sites of development projects in the state. 

"The twin objectives of the policy are sought to be achieved by establishing a mechanism whereby a farmer before considering distress sale is assured of approaching the government as potential buyer for its projects," Khattar said while launching the portal. 

Through this portal, government departments can upload their land requirement for development projects with details like total land requirement, feasible area, nearest land mark, etc., and the land owners would be able to view the requirement on Google Maps through the portal.

"The land owners can enter their land sale offers on the portal either against specific demand by the government department or on their own without any specific demand," a spokesman said here.

A voluntary offer for sale of land by the land owners would help the state government in creation of a database of available land for planning development projects, he added.