CM launches land purchase portal for HSIIDC projects

CHANDIGARH:: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday stressed the need to evolve a system and more online services through which the people could get their work concerning various departments done from home.

Launching ‘e-Bhoomi’, the land purchase portal for government projects developed by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) here, Khattar also sought to simplify property registration system so that the people did not have to visit government offices for them.

Speaking on the occasion, HSIIDC managing director Sudhir Rajpal said the ‘e-Bhoomi’ portal would be capable to handle even voluntary offers for sale of land by the landowners to the government. This would help the state government in preparing its own land bank.

He said the state government had approved a policy on the purchase of land voluntarily offered to the government for development projects and to implement the policy, the HSIIDC had been mandated as designated agency for the online portal and consultancy support.

He said the portal was a transparent mechanism and would prevent distress sale of land by the farmers as the government would be potential partner. It would also provide an opportunity to the land owners to get involved in the decision-making process while locating sites for development projects and ensure hassle-free land procurement by the departments.

He said the public notice and advertisement would be released by the indenting department for land procurement and the offers could be made within a period of 30 days. The landowners would have the option to input details in Hindi also.