Sunday, July 29, 2012

Haryana plans cargo airport in Meham



Haryana plans cargo airport in Meham

GURGAON: Haryana has asked the civil aviation ministry to clear its proposal for building a Greenfield cargo airport for international operations at Meham in Rohtak district.

The proposal, sent by the state through Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), came up for discussion during chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's meeting with civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Friday.

An area of about 2,770 acres has already been identified for the project and the land would be purchased from private parties.

The state government said the displacement of population would be assessed and taken care of as per Haryana's Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Policy.

Hooda was told that the proposal has been examined in the Ministry of Civil Aviation in consultation with Airports Authority of India and Directorate General of Civil Aviation for grant of site clearance and has been recommended by both the organizations.

Hooda also underlined the need for having civil airports in Karnal and Hisar and offered to provide land for these projects.

Ajit Singh assured Hooda that the Centre would consider the state's request positively and asked the Airport Authority of India to send a team for conducting a land survey in collaboration with state officials.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Delhi-Rohtak Electric Multiple Unit services in one month, says Rohtak MP


Delhi-Rohtak Electric Multiple Unit services in one month, says Rohtak MP
July 22, 2012
ROHTAK: Member of Parliament from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda today said that the Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains would be operational between Rohtak and Delhi within next one month.

The train services would also start operating between Rohtak and Rewari via Jhajjar in around two months. Hooda was speaking to media persons after inspecting the Police Passout parade at Sunariya village of the district today. He said that with the start of EMU trains would provide a big relief to all those people who travel daily between Rohtak and Delhi. Rohtak was fast developing into a big industrial township. There were 227 registered industries in Rohtak and many industrialists had expressed their desire to invest here, he added.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

HOODA APPROVES EXTENSION OF DELHI METRO TO BAHADURGARH



Hooda approves extension of Delhi Metro to Bahadurgarh

Express news service Posted online: Sat Jul 21 2012, 02:21 hrs
Chandigarh : The Haryana Cabinet, on Friday, approved the extension of Delhi Metro from Mundka to Bahadurgarh. The state will spend Rs 788 crore on the project including a contribution of Rs 152 crore as grant towards one-third equity of Delhi segment

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Bahadurgarh Metro on fast track: Hooda



Bahadurgarh Metro on fast track: Hooda
GURGAON: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday claimed that the Bahadurgarh-Mundka Metro link has been put on fast-track.

Hooda was speaking at the 26th meeting of the northern zonal council in Delhi. The meeting was presided over by Union home minister P Chidambaram. The CM said the extension of Delhi Metro from Mundka in Delhi to City Park at Bahadurgarh in Haryana is being taken up by the state government. The total length of the metro corridor is 11.182 kms.

According to Hooda, 4.9 km of the total length falls in Haryana and 6.3 falls in Delhi. Hooda said that as per the updated DPR, the total cost of Haryana portion is estimated at Rs 902 crore and the state will be sharing the shortfall, if any, up to Rs. 152 crore.

For the ambitious project the state government has pledged to provide 10 hectare of land for development of the depot in Bahadurgarh as a component of property development.

During the meeting, Hooda also asked the central government to expedite the project. Hooda also said that the work on Faridabad metro section has started and it is expected to become operational by August, 2014. On the construction of 135 km long Western Peripheral Expressway, also known as the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway Project, Hooda said: "We have been monitoring the progress and pursuing the matter with the Concessionaire to expedite the project. The Manesar Palwal section is expected to be ready in the next three-four months."

Friday, July 6, 2012

Reliance asks Haryana to declare agri land as urban



Reliance asks Haryana to declare agri land as urban
Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited (RHSL), the special purpose vehicle (SPV) incorporated to implement the now-shelved Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project in Gurgaon and Jhajjar districts, has asked the Haryana government to declare as "urban" chunks of agricultural land in Gurgaon district which the company had bought from farmers.

Reliance's request is being viewed as an effort to seek exemption from the land ceiling provisions in Haryana. As per the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, the permissible area allowed for an individual to possess ranged from 18.12 to 54.5 acres.
However, an amendment was made in the Act in October 2011, which exempted land acquired for non-agricultural purposes and falling within an "urban area" as defined in the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act from the ceiling law.
The RHSL, a joint venture of Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Ventures Limited and Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), had purchased 1,200 acres of agricultural land in Gurgaon district and 7,000 acres in Jhajjar district for setting up two SEZs.
The projects, however, stand shelved as Reliance got the structure of the SEZ project in Jhajjar changed (a model economic township will now come up instead). The death blow to the SEZ project came in January when the state government asked Reliance Industries to return 1,383 acres transferred by HSIIDC to RHSL in 2006 as the SEZ project could not fructify for the past six years. The in-principle approval for extension of the multi-product SEZ at Gurgaon, given by the department of commerce, government of India, also expired on March 31.
The SEZ prospects at Gurgaon looked grim from the beginning, with the in-principle approval granted by the union government for the SEZ expiring in March 2009 after two extensions.
While the RHSL has already got the agricultural land procured for the SEZ project in Jhajjar declared an urban area through a February 14, 2011, notification issued by the town and country planning department, it has now stepped up efforts to get the chunks of purchased land in Gurgaon district declared urban. Besides exemption from the ceiling law, getting this land declared urban will also help Reliance get industrial licences for it.
The development also assumed significance since the draft development plan of Farukhnagar in Gurgaon district was approved on Tuesday by a state level committee of the town and country planning department under the chairmanship of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. A large chunk of land being sought to be declared urban by Reliance is in the Farukhnagar controlled area.
Principal secretary, town and country planning, Sudeep Singh Dhillon, when asked about the request from Reliance, said: "They can file an objection once the draft development plan of Farukhnagar is notified. After that, we can examine whether they can be accommodated or not. The power to accept or reject the objection rests with the state government."
Reliance official Amit Vij told HT on Thursday that the request for declaring agricultural land as urban was a mere formality. "As per our agreement with HSIIDC which is a joint venture partner, we can also undertake industrial activity on this land,'' he said.
Asked whether Reliance after aggregating the land was now turning into a real estate developer, Vij denied it.
The RHSL, in a communication to the Town and Country Planning department, has said that while most of the land (in Jhajjar) is now part of urban areas as well as the controlled area, it is requested that land falling in Farukhnagar and Gurgaon controlled areas, presently outside the urban areas, be declared urban.
"This would facilitate our ability to undertake further procurement of land so as to enable development for industrial/institutional purposes," the RHSL wrote.
The company has specifically requested that chunks of land falling in Mubarakpur, Iqbalpur, Sultanpur, Budhera, Jhajrola, Makdola and Kaliwas villages be declared urban.
"When we look at combined maps of the Gurgaon Manesar development plan-2021 and 2025, Farukhnagar controlled area and Jhajjar district, we find an area consisting of parts of these villages situated within these three areas which is not declared urban presently. The RHSL has purchased land for the development of SEZ/Model Economic Township projects and some of the area is situated in between these zones," it said.
Reliance has also requested that portions of land in these villages, which are part of the Farukhnagar draft development plan, be earmarked as industrial/institutional zone.
"The same may be reflected in the final development plan of the Farukhnagar controlled area. Also, the area meant for the development of the project in Jhajjar and Gurgaon be not marked amenities zone as reflected in the draft development plan of KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal)," the communication said.