CM launches web portal for voluntary sale of land to govt

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 27

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today launched “ebhoomiharyana.org.in”, a web portal developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) for purchase of land voluntarily offered to the government for development projects.

The Chief Minister said on February 6, the government had notified a policy for the purchase of land voluntarily offered to it for development projects. The policy was aimed at preventing distress sale of land by farmers and involving landowners in decision making while locating the sites of development projects in the state.

The twin objectives of the policy are sought to be achieved by establishing a mechanism whereby a farmer before considering distress sale is encouraged to approach the government as a potential buyer of his land for its projects.

He said the portal is a landmark initiative of the government to transform the way land was procured in the state for public purposes. It would help in preventing distress sale by landowners by offering it to the government. The portal would help in matching the land requirement of the government with voluntary offer of land by owners and creating a database of such offers, he added.

Through this portal, a department could upload their land requirement for development projects with details such as total land requirement, feasible area, nearest landmark etc. for landowners to view the requirement.

The landowners can enter their sale offers on the portal either against a specific demand by a department or on their own without any specific demand. The portal has been designed in a user-friendly manner and landowners will be able to access it in Hindi also. Landowners just require their mobile phone numbers to access the portal. Besides landowners, aggregators, who are registered under the Haryana Regulation Act, Property Dealers and Consultant Act, 2008 and rules made there under, can also offer land.

Raja Sekhar Vundru, Managing Director, HSIIDC, said five departments had already uploaded their land requirements on the portal and once they issue advertisements, landowners would be able to offer their land.

Preventing distress sale 

• The policy is aimed at preventing distress sale of land by farmers and involving landowners in decision making while locating the sites of development projects 
• The portal would help in matching the land requirement of the government with voluntary offer of land by owners and creating a database of such offers