The Haryana Government on Friday accorded approval to a proposal to make negotiation amounting to Rs 15 crore with the farmers for the landholdings to be purchased through e-Bhoomi for setting up four projects in districts namely Jind, Rohtak, Karnal and Panipat.
The approval was given during the meeting of High Powered Land Purchase Committee chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with Deputy Commissioners through video-conferencing. He said after purchase of these landholdings, work on proposed projects to be set up on lands voluntarily given by farmers in these four districts should be expedited at the earliest. Farmers who have consented to give their lands for proposed Government projects also attended the meeting.
Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala said total of 9 agendas pertaining to purchase of landholdings in 8 districts — Jind, Rohtak, Karnal, Gurugram, Panipat, Faridabad, Sirsa and Kaithal of 4 departments including Irrigation, Public Works, Medical Education and Research and Public Health Engineering were discussed.