India, April 17 -- A Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) plan to procure land in the Gurugram for real estate development hit an obstacle after officials found that a majority of the vacant land pockets either have multiple owners, are in small chunks, or don't have clear titles because they are under litigation, making them difficult to aggregate. The body is carrying out a major outreach campaign to motivate land owners and farmers in Gurugram to sell land to the authority at market rate.

"We have also come across villages where there exist multiple small chunks. A number of large plots or parcels are under litigation for years and the titles are not clear," said a senior official, asking not to be named. However, they added, the m...