DW BUREAU / chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal while chairing the meeting of the High Power Land Purchase Committee (HPLPC) held here today accorded approval for a purchase of 68 acres of land for Tohana Bus Stand and Fatehabad New Jail and other projects costing Rs 44 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, Transport Minister, Mool Chand Sharma, Energy Minister, Ranjit Singh and Urban Local Bodies Minister, Dr. Kamal Gupta also remained present in the meeting. Besides these, landowners who have consented to give their lands for proposed government projects also attended the meeting through video conferencing.During the meeting, Manohar Lal directed the Deputy Commissioners of these districts to speed up the execution of the proposed projects after purchasing the land. In the meeting, approval was given to purchase 45 acres of land for the new district jail in district Fatehabad and 6 acres of land for new bus stand in Tohana. Approval was accorded for the purchase of 0.89 acres of land for four laning of 2 lane ROB constructed on the Ballabhgarh Pali Dhauj Sohna Road on Mumbai-Delhi railway line. Apart from this, approval was also given to purchase 0.42 acres of land for the expansion of STP constructed at Karnal. Similarly, approval was given for the purchase of 2.60 acres of land for the construction of a road from Laliana to Chota Barola on Tangri river in Ambala district, 5 acres for the widening of the road from Datta to Lohari Ragho in Hisar district, 3.1 acres for construction of 2-lane ROB on Ladwa Saraswati road on Ambala-Saharanpur railway line. The Chief Mister also accorded approval for the purchase of 3 acres for the construction of a new road from Teori to Bajana Kalan in Gannaur and 0.99 acres for the construction of a 2-lane ROB near Narela railway station in district Sonipat. Interacting with the landowners Manohar Lal said that the development of government projects in their areas will greatly benefit them as well as the surrounding villages. This will certainly give more impetus to the development along with generating several business and employment opportunities. Notably, the e-Bhoomi portal launched by the Chief Minister to buy land from landowners for government projects with their consent is proving to be a successful step. Now, land acquisition is not done for government projects, but the land is purchased with the consent of the land owners by offering a fixed rate. Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, DS Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Jail Department, Sh. TVSN Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, Sh. Ankur Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, AK Singh, Director General, Prison, Muhammad Akil, Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Navdeep Singh Virk, Director, Consolidation of Land Holdings and Land Records. (editor@dailyworld.in)