New Delhi:Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday urged the Central government to announce a policy decision regarding buying of unutilised land of central public sector units by the state governments which are either running in losses or have been closed in their state.
He was speaking at a meeting of the pre-budget consultative committee of finance ministers of states convened by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here.
Quoting the example of the land of central public units in Haryana which are lying idle, the Chief Minister said that 205 acres of land of Cement Corporation of India in Dadri and 90 acres of land of Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd in Gurugram are lying unutilized.
Similarly, 70 acres of land of Hindustan Insecticide Ltd in Gurugram is also lying unutilized.
The state government is ready to buy these lands and he has written letters to the Central Government several times and has also held meetings in this regard.