Haryana to purchase land of farmers for development

Chandigarh, June 26: The Haryana government has decided to implement a special scheme under which it will purchase small landholdings of farmers, consolidate these and use the consolidated land for development works, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Saturday.

The government will also purchase barren land of farmers, he said while addressing a function in Kurukshetra district.

"Under this scheme, farmers could upload details including the price of the landholdings that they wish to sell on the 'e-Bhoomi portal' of the state government, after which land would be purchased by the government as per requirement," Khattar said.

He assured that the Haryana government would not acquire any land without the consent of the farmers.

"On the request of farmers, we have returned 3,000 acres of acquired land. We did not acquire cultivable land in Sonepat and Madina on the request of farmers. The Haryana government will acquire land only with the consent of the farmers," he added.