Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday approved the proposal for purchase of 200 acres of land for the AIIMS to be constructed in Rewari.

The Chief Minister was presiding over the meeting of the High Powered Land Purchase Committee to buy the land available on e-Bhoomi portal for nine projects here.

During the meeting, the committee approved to purchase 259.07 acres of land for seven projects for about Rs 116.41 crore. The approval was given after the landowners agreed on the price.

The Deputy Commissioners and landowners of the respective districts also joined the meeting through video conferencing.

For the AIIMS to be built in Rewari, the committee approved the purchase of 200 acres of land at the rate of Rs 40 lakh per acre. For identifying the land for this project, the concerned Deputy Commissioner was asked to prepare a detailed report of the available land, said an official spokesman.

He said that the approval for the purchase of land for seven other projects cleared the way for the bypass in Hathin. This will help Hathin to get rid of traffic congestion. Not only this, it will also speed up the development of Hathin.

Apart from this, the landowners also agreed on the price for the construction of a Water Treatment Plant at Rajound in Kaithal district, after which the land was approved to be purchased for the plant.

The purchase of land required to construct a four-lane road from Kalanaur to Kail in Yamunanagar district was also approved. Land was also approved for the bridge to be constructed between Bibipur to Chanalheri, Pihowa in Kurukshetra district and between Rania and Kuttabharh in Sirsa district, the spokesman said.

He said that approval has been granted to purchase land for 580 meter approach road for Unani Medical College in Akera village of Nuh district.

The land purchase was approved after discussion and consent from the farmers who had uploaded their land details on the e-Bhoomi portal for all these projects, he added.