Haryana Land Reclamation and Development Corporation, headquartered in
Panchkula, is an entity of the
Government of Haryana established to reclaim
alkaline land, manage government owned
farms,
Bharat Petroleum gas agencies and petrol pumps as well as to sell supplies to farmers of the state. It has 3 Regional offices (
Hisar,
Karnal and
Kaithal) and five managerial offices (Naraingarh, Rewari, Bhiwani, Hanumangarh and Faridabad). Its largest 1119 acres farm is based at Hisar.[1][2][3][4]
History
Haryana Land Reclamation and Development Corporation Limited was incorporated on 27 March 1974 with the main objective of implementing the Land Reclamation Act and was tasked with reclamation of alkaline lands in the Haryana, management of
agriculture farms, operation of Bharat gas agencies and petrol pumps, as well as the sale of
gypsum (17 locations and 124 dealers), fertilizers, weedicides,
pesticides and other agriculture inputs to the farmers of Haryana state.[1][5][6][7][2]
Capabilities
It manages a Shopping Complex at
Naraingarh in Ambala, two petrol pumps at Naraingrah and
Panipat, 4 gas agencies (
Hisar,
Faridabad and Naraingarh), and 11 farms totalling 1842 acres for producing the certified
seeds to supply to the farmers of the state.[8]