Chandigarh, 13 April: Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has approved the purchase of 200 acres of land for the AIIMS to be constructed in Rewari, as well as the purchase of land for seven projects. The Chief Minister was presiding over the meeting of the High Power Land Purchase Committee to buy the land available on e-Bhoomi portal for 9 projects here today.

This approval was given after the landowners agreed on the price.

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Sh. Dushyant Chautala was also present on the occasion. 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.

The approval for the purchase of land for these seven 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 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.

 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. During the meeting, it was approved to purchase 259.07 acres of land for seven projects for about Rs 116.41 crore.

            Haryana Chief Secretary, Sh. Vijai Vardhan, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. DS Dhesi, Financial Commissioner, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works (B&R), Sh. Alok Nigam and senior officers of Revenue Department were present during the meeting.