Chandigarh, September 4 (Trinew)
The High Power Land Purchase Committee (HPLPC), which met here on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, approved the purchase of 148 acres of land for 6 projects in five districts – Charkhi Dadri, Faridabad, Hisar, Jind and Sirsa. The purchase of land will cost Rs 96 crore. Farmers who offered land and gave consent for these projects on the e-Bhoomi portal also participated in this meeting.
While presiding over the HPLPC meeting with the concerned District Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing, the CM directed the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that these lands are registered within a month. After purchasing the land, the implementation of the proposed projects should be expedited. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Power Minister Chou Ranjit Singh were also present in the meeting. Land owners from the respective districts who have agreed to give their land for the proposed government projects through video conferencing also participated in the meeting. In the meeting, approval was given to purchase 5.39 acres of land for the construction of canal based water supply scheme at Barodi, Jhanjkalan in Jind. The capacity of this water works will be 6 LLD. Apart from this, approval was given to purchase about 35 acres of land for water works in Raniya village of Sirsa district. Approval was also given to purchase 4 acres of land for expansion of OP Jindal Nalwa distributary in Hisar district.
Approval was given to purchase about 98 acres of land in village Bhairavi for the construction of District Jail in Charkhi Dadri. Apart from this, approval was given to purchase about 1 acre land for construction of RUB at Railway Line Crossing from Delhi-Mathura Road to Mujesar in Faridabad, 5.12 acre land for construction of STP for upgrading water works at Bass Town in Hisar district. done.
The land owners participating in the meeting expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for this initiative to purchase land for government projects in a transparent manner through the e-Bhoomi portal. He said that the present government thinks well of the farmers and the poor. CM said that land acquisition was a long process, which led to unnecessary delays in various development projects, hence our government developed a system under which farmers and land owners were interacted with and got their consent through e-Bhoomi portal. Land is being purchased from.
