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Haridwar, Uttarakhand
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District guide
Buying Land in Haridwar
Uttarakhand's plains district on the Ganga: the gated 2025 sanction route for outsiders, Roorkee and the SIDCUL belt, flood and groundwater checks, and a Haridwar spur reported about 92% built.
18.90 lakh
Population (Census 2011)
~2,360 sq km
Area
~92% built
Haridwar spur (Jul 2026)
State sanction only
Outsider agricultural land
*Indicative range across districts and land types. Stamp duty, registration and conversion charges are additional. Local measurement units vary — every listing states the unit it is priced in. Not a valuation or an offer.
Bhulekh UK — Uttarakhand Land Records PortalDistrict land record — Haridwar
Rev. 2026 · Farmland India desk
State
Uttarakhand
Sub-divisions
4 tehsils (Haridwar · Roorkee · Laksar · Bhagwanpur) and 6 development blocks (Bhagwanpur, Roorkee, Narsan, Bahadrabad, Laksar, Khanpur), per the Haridwar district portal
Key markets
Haridwar city · Roorkee · Laksar · Bhagwanpur · Bahadrabad · Khanpur
Agricultural land
One of two districts where an outsider can seek state sanction to buy agricultural land (2025 Act); sanction is not automatic
Demand anchors
Pilgrimage city and the 2027 Kumbh · SIDCUL industrial estate at Ranipur · Roorkee · Delhi–Dehradun corridor spur
Rail
Haridwar railway station (the district headquarters is about 12 km from it, per the district portal); other services not sourced here
Size and population
~2,360 sq km · 18.90 lakh people (Census 2011, district portal)
Pricing unit
₹/acre (farmland) · ₹/sq yd (plots)
Local units
Acres, sq yd and sq ft; no local unit is used on this page · 1 acre = 4,840 sq yd
Land records portal
Bhulekh Uttarakhand (confirm access with the Tehsildar)
Land law is state law. These rules are maintained on the Uttarakhand page and apply to every district within it.
Haridwar — land purchase legal rules
⚠ Uttarakhand limits who can buy agricultural and horticultural land. Check who you are, which district the land is in, and how it is recorded before anything else.
Who can buy agricultural land? Since 1 May 2025, a person who does not already hold land in Uttarakhand can buy agricultural or horticultural land only in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar, and only with prior sanction from the state government (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025). Press coverage describes this as a bar in 11 of the 13 districts (Scroll, February 2025); the Act names the two districts and does not count the rest. Buying through a nominee is a compliance risk, and a transfer made on a false affidavit is void under the Act.
The 2025 land law amendment: The Assembly passed the bill on 21 February 2025 (Scroll, February 2025). The Governor gave assent on 30 April 2025, and the Act was notified and took effect on 1 May 2025 (Act text; PTI via The Week, May 2025). The power to allow purchases moved from the District Magistrate to the state government (Business Standard, February 2025). The Chief Minister said land bought on false declarations can vest in the state, and cited 1,883 approvals since 2018 with 599 violations found (Scroll, February 2025).
Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar: These are the only districts where sanction for such a purchase is possible, and sanction is not automatic. The buyer gives an affidavit that the land will be used only for the stated agricultural or horticultural purpose and must put it to that use within three years or an extended period; a change of use makes the transfer void (Act text). The general power to allow transfers above the ceiling, earlier reported as 12.5 acres, is now confined to these two districts and sits with the state government, which acts on an essentiality certificate (Act text; Business Standard, February 2025). Ask the revenue department which office takes sanction applications before paying a token amount.
Residential land for non-residents: The Act lets a buyer file an affidavit that neither he nor his family has bought more than 250 sq m of land elsewhere in the state for residential use; a false affidavit voids the transfer (Act text; Scroll, February 2025). The text we read does not settle whether 250 sq m is a lifetime count across the family, or how the rule works inside municipal limits, which the Act's extent clause excludes, so take both questions to the Sub-Registrar in writing.
Land-use declaration (Section 143): Section 143 of the parent Act (UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950) deals with declaring agricultural land for other uses, such as a house or farmhouse. We have not re-read the section for this edition, so ask the Sub-Divisional Magistrate which declaration applies before building. Check the land's classification in the khatauni, not in the seller's brochure.
Forest, van panchayat and eco-sensitive land: Land recorded as forest cannot be freely sold or converted, and land near Corbett, Rajaji and other protected areas can fall inside an eco-sensitive zone with construction limits. In November 2025 the Supreme Court directed that zones around tiger reserves be notified within a year (The Week/PTI, November 2025). A plot that looks like farmland can be recorded differently, so ask for the revenue record and the forest position in writing.
NRI & OCI buyers: FEMA 1999 bars NRIs and OCIs from buying agricultural land, plantation land or farmhouse land anywhere in India, Uttarakhand included. That is a central rule, not a state one, and the state Act adds its own conditions on top; read the current RBI notification for the exact wording.
- Purchase: Haridwar & USN only
- State sanction required
- Residential: 250 sq m affidavit
- Section 143 land use
- ESZ & forest checks
- NRI agri: barred (FEMA)
- Act 11 of 2025
Haridwar — district-specific notes
The Uttarakhand legal framework on the state page applies to Haridwar in full. The notes below are specific to this district. Law as read in October 2026 from the Amendment Act text and press reports; confirm anything you rely on with a local advocate.
⚠ Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar are the only two districts where, since 1 May 2025, a person who is not already a tenure holder or owner of land in Uttarakhand may buy agricultural or horticultural land. It needs prior state government sanction and an affidavit that the land will be used for that purpose (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025). Scroll reports that the bar does not apply in these two districts and that sales there need state approval rather than district-level authorisation (Scroll, February 2025). So the two districts are a gated route, not an open one. Older material on this site called Haridwar open, or described a review of 3 to 9 months with frequent refusal; the Act supports neither, and we found no official or press source for that timeline.
⚠ Conditions that follow a sanction: the land must be used for the sanctioned purpose within the period the Act sets, counted from registration of the sale deed and extendable only in writing by the state, and a change of use makes the transfer void with the consequences of section 167 of the 1950 Act (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025). Business Standard reports that the 12.5-acre excess-land transfer power was abolished in the other 11 districts and that decisions for Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar are taken at state level (Business Standard, February 2025). The scanned copy of the Act we read does not print a 12.5-acre figure or the exact number of years, so ask the Sub-Registrar and the state revenue department what ceiling and period apply to a given purchase. Residential buyers file an affidavit that they and their family have not bought more than 250 sq m of land elsewhere in the state; a false affidavit voids the transfer.
⚠ Haridwar floods in a way the hills do not. In July 2023 the state declared the waterlogged areas of 71 villages across the Roorkee, Laksar, Bhagwanpur and Haridwar tehsils disaster-prone and deferred bills and dues for three months (Outlook, July 2023). We did not find a river-corridor construction rule for the Ganga here, so ask the Irrigation Department and the Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority whether a parcel lies in a flood zone or on a canal reserve.
⚠ Rajaji Tiger Reserve spans Dehradun, Haridwar and Pauri Garhwal, and its national park covers 820.42 sq km (Rajaji Tiger Reserve site). The National Green Tribunal said in February 2023 that resorts outside the reserve boundary are not automatically legal, because construction is prohibited or regulated within 1 km outside the forest (ThePrint, February 2023). The Supreme Court directed on 17 November 2025 that states notify eco-sensitive zones around all tiger reserves within one year (PTI via The Week, November 2025). Check the distance from the boundary before paying a deposit on land on the Shivalik side.
⚠ Land near the industrial estates and the city: a plot marketed as "industrial zone" or "SIDCUL-adjacent" is not necessarily industrial in the records. Ask for the master-plan zoning, the khatauni class and, if an allotment is claimed, the allotment letter. Development inside the Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority's area needs its prior permission under the 1973 planning Act, and in an NGT case (OA 102 of 2023) the authority reported sealing shops at Kankhal for unauthorised construction (NGT status report, May 2024).
⚠ NRIs and OCIs cannot buy agricultural land, plantation land or a farm house in India under the FEMA rules (RBI Master Direction, September 2022). That is a central rule, separate from the state law above.
Read the full Uttarakhand land buying guide for buyer eligibility, stamp duty and NRI rules.
- Sanction route only
- State-level approval
- Use-within-period condition
- Ganga floods
- Rajaji 1 km zone
District overview
Haridwar — the Ganga plains district: pilgrims, factories and farms
Haridwar is the plains district of western Uttarakhand: about 2,360 sq km and 18,90,422 people at the 2011 Census, four tehsils (Haridwar, Roorkee, Laksar and Bhagwanpur) and six development blocks (Haridwar district portal). The district industries profile prints 19,27,029, so read the population as roughly 19 lakh, and lists wheat, rice, maize, mustard, groundnut and oilseeds as the important crops (Haridwar district industrial profile). For a buyer of agricultural land this is the district to study first, because the 2025 Act allows sanctioned purchase here and in Udham Singh Nagar only. Sanction is the gate, so the land question is still a legal one.
The district is two markets. Around Haridwar city and Bahadrabad, land is priced by pilgrimage, industrial and highway demand; in Laksar, Bhagwanpur and Khanpur it is mainly farmland. The SIDCUL Integrated Industrial Estate at Ranipur is listed at 2,034 acres, allotment complete, about 3 km from the Delhi–Haridwar highway (SIDA Uttarakhand), and the district industries profile counted 522 units, ₹8,006.89 crore of investment and 38,261 jobs there in 2011-12 data (Haridwar district industrial profile). That is old, but it shows why worker housing and warehousing land is in demand. We found no sourced price for farmland or for plots near the estate.
Groundwater is the agricultural constraint to understand early. CGWB's 2016 aquifer-mapping report, with resources assessed as on 31 March 2011, describes a three-tier alluvial aquifer system and says the stage of dynamic groundwater development had reached 65% in the study area and 97% in Bhagwanpur, with three semi-critical blocks (CGWB Haridwar report, October 2016). Roorkee is the second centre and gives its name to a tehsil and a block.
Two connectivity points need care. The Delhi–Dehradun corridor was inaugurated on 14 April 2026 (PIB, April 2026). The Haridwar spur, described by Construction World as a 51 km six-lane access-controlled link, was about 92% built in July 2026 (Construction World, July 2026); the Centre had said in April it would be inaugurated in June (NBM&CW, April 2026), and we found no report that it has opened. The 2027 Kumbh is scheduled for 14 January to 20 April 2027 with ten bathing days (The Statesman, November 2025); some outlets call it the Ardh Kumbh.
- Haridwar
- Roorkee
- Laksar
- Bhagwanpur
- Bahadrabad
- SIDCUL Ranipur
- Ganga channels
- Rajaji
Market bands
Sub-area price bands — Haridwar
Sourced benchmarks only. We publish no listing-site asking prices because none could be traced to a registered deal, and no Haridwar collector-rate list was found. See the notes below.
* Indicative market range compiled from listed inventory and public circle-rate references. Not a valuation, an offer, or a guarantee of transaction price. Verify current DLC / circle rates with the sub-registrar before transacting.
Trend describes a historical movement over the stated period. It is not a projection or a forecast of future prices.
Transaction costs
Stamp duty & registration in Haridwar
5%
Stamp duty — male buyer
sale deed, per the Stamps and Registration fee sheet
3.75% / 5%
Stamp duty — female buyer
3.75% up to ₹25 lakh of value, 5% above
2%
Registration fee
cap to confirm (fee table amended 16 Nov 2025)
The department's fee sheet lists Article 23 sale deeds at 5%, with 3.75% for women up to ₹25 lakh and 5% above (Stamps and Registration fee sheet). The department's notification index, last updated 18 November 2025, records the 5% rate since 31 May 2011 and a 25% women's discount up to ₹25 lakh since 31 July 2017, described as available twice in a lifetime (Stamps and Registration index, November 2025). The same index shows a registration fee table amended on 16 November 2025 to replace ₹25,000 with ₹50,000. We could not tell which item that cap belongs to, so the registration cap is shown as unconfirmed; confirm it with the Haridwar or Roorkee Sub-Registrar before budgeting.
Duty is generally charged on the higher of the deal value and the circle rate; the index records a 2008 rebate for the part of a price above the circle rate, which implies a floor, but we did not find the rule itself. We found no Haridwar circle-rate list: the district portal's collector page describes the district offices but carries no rate list (Haridwar district portal). The October 2025 revision reported by Daily Jagran concerned Dehradun and the statewide average of 15% (Daily Jagran, October 2025); whether Haridwar villages moved by the same amount is unconfirmed. Ask the Sub-Registrar for the village rate. Land-use conversion charges and affidavit costs are extra.
Know the belt
What is moving prices in Haridwar
Price evidence is thin: we publish no listing-site prices, and the documented constraints are legal sanction and groundwater.
Chudiyala Mohanpur and the Bahadrabad belt
No sourced price series
Listing-site figures for farm blocks near Haridwar could not be traced to registered deals, and some print totals in the hundreds of crores that are plainly entry errors, so none is published here. Registered deeds nearby and any compensation award are the evidence to ask for.
Check: the khatauni class, and whether a block this size is farmland or already valued for industrial use.
Laksar, Bhagwanpur, Khanpur farm belt
No sourced price series
This is the belt where water, not price, is the documented constraint: CGWB's 2016 report puts Bhagwanpur at 97% stage of development and notes shallow water levels of about 2 to 4.8 m before the monsoon in Khanpur (CGWB Haridwar report, October 2016). Listings in the farm belt are often quoted in a local unit whose size changes by district, which we do not convert.
Check: the area in acres or sq m from the khatauni, then compute any per-acre price yourself.
Roorkee
No sourced price series
We found no collector rate, registered sale or compensation award for Roorkee land. Prices near highway or commercial frontage reflect that frontage rather than farming, and one listing cannot set a band.
Check: zoning, frontage and whether it is farmland at all.
Industrial-estate effect
No sourced band
The 2,034-acre Ranipur estate shows allotment complete on the state industrial development site (SIDA Uttarakhand), so demand for land near it tends to flow into private plots and warehouses on the surrounding roads. We found no sourced price for those parcels. Sellers use "SIDCUL-adjacent" loosely.
Check: master-plan zoning, access road width and any land-ceiling or conversion order.
Circle rates to check
No Haridwar figures found
We did not locate a Haridwar circle-rate list. The October 2025 revision reported for Dehradun averaged 15% across the state (Daily Jagran, October 2025) but the report does not name Haridwar, so whether Haridwar followed is unconfirmed.
Check: the village rate at the Sub-Registrar or district office.
Units: acres, sq yd and sq ft
Convert every quote using the area on the khatauni: 1 acre = 4,840 sq yd = 43,560 sq ft. Listings in the farm belt often use a local land unit whose size varies by district, and we do not convert it. This page uses acres for farmland and sq yd for plots.
Connectivity
How Haridwar connects — road, rail and air
Distances come from the state industrial-estate page and the district portal; journey times vary with traffic and with Kumbh movements.
By road from Delhi and nearby towns
Delhi~225 km to the SIDCUL estate (SIDA Uttarakhand)
RoorkeeTehsil and block within the district; distance not sourced
Dehradun~52 km to the SIDCUL estate (SIDA Uttarakhand)
Delhi–Dehradun ExpresswayOpen since 14 Apr 2026; Haridwar spur about 92% built in Jul 2026
By air
Jolly Grant AirportDehradun's airport; distance from Haridwar not sourced here
TerminalPhase II inaugurated 14 Feb 2024 (Indian Infrastructure, February 2024)
Delhi (IGI)Reached by road or by flight from Jolly Grant
By rail & metro
Haridwar stationDistrict headquarters is about 12 km from the railway station (Haridwar district portal)
Roorkee and LaksarServices not sourced here
Rishikesh–Karnaprayag lineFirst train targeted Dec 2028 (reported, Swarajya, March 2026)
MetroNone operating; no sourced construction status for the 2020 proposal
The practical questions are the last leg from the highway and flood exposure. Full rules for buyers from outside the state: Uttarakhand agricultural land rules; the expressway guide is here.
Growth catalysts
Upcoming infrastructure & developments
Status labels reflect sources read in October 2026. Government-announced timelines are not guaranteed; items marked confirm have a single or dated source.
02Operational
03In progress or planned
Agriculture & terrain
Soil, crops & water in Haridwar
A flat alluvial district where wheat and rice are the important crops, with groundwater, the Ganga channels and the Shivalik forest edge setting the limits.
🌾 Alluvial plains (Laksar, Bhagwanpur, Roorkee)
The district industries profile records a net area sown of 117,749 hectares (2010-11) and lists wheat, rice, maize, mustard, groundnut and oilseeds as the important crops (Haridwar district industrial profile). We found no soil-class table for the district, so soil type is not stated.
- Wheat
- Rice
- Maize
- Mustard
- Groundnut
🌳 Shivalik edge and Rajaji
Rajaji Tiger Reserve covers 1,075 sq km across Dehradun, Haridwar and Pauri Garhwal, with 820.42 sq km of national park (Rajaji Tiger Reserve site). Forest status and eco-sensitive-zone distance decide what can be built here more than soil does.
- Rajaji
- Eco-sensitive zone
- Forest edge
🌊 Ganga channels, aits and waterlogging
In July 2023 the state declared the waterlogged areas of 71 villages in four tehsils disaster-prone, with dues deferred for three months (Outlook, July 2023). CGWB's 2016 report records pre-monsoon depth to water of about 3.5 to 22.7 m south of the Solani in Bhagwanpur and as little as 1.96 m in Khanpur (CGWB Haridwar report, October 2016). Ask for flood and waterlogging history on any low-lying parcel.
- Ganga
- Waterlogging
- Solani
- Flood history
💧 Water & rainfall
The same CGWB report puts the stage of dynamic groundwater development at 65% across the study area and 97% in Bhagwanpur, notes three semi-critical blocks it does not name in the text we read, and gives a normal annual rainfall of 1,174.3 mm, 84% of it in the monsoon (its own Table 2 prints 1,108 mm) (CGWB Haridwar report, October 2016). Depth to water runs from about 1.7 m to 23 m below ground, and up to 70 m in the Bhabar foothills. The data is dated, so check borewell depth and permission for any parcel.
📐 Measurement units & market prices
Convert every quote using the area on the khatauni. Crop income is a poor guide to land value here, so price a parcel on location, permitted use and water.
At a glance
Haridwar vs. its neighbours
| District / belt | Collector-rate benchmark* | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Haridwar — district | No collector-rate list found | District portal checked Oct 2026; no list on the page (Haridwar district portal) |
| Haridwar — SIDCUL Ranipur estate | No sourced price | Allotment complete (SIDA Uttarakhand); no resale or lease price found |
| Dehradun — Rajpur Road within 50 m | ₹68,000 per sq m | Collector rate, Oct 2025; non-agricultural (ETV Bharat, October 2025) |
| Dehradun | Outsider agricultural purchase barred | Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025) |
| Nainital | Outsider agricultural purchase barred | Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025) |
* Collector rates are government benchmarks used for stamp duty, not market prices. Haridwar is one of two districts where an outsider can seek state sanction to buy agricultural land, so a Haridwar parcel may be legally buyable where a similar Dehradun parcel is not. See the Dehradun page and the Udham Singh Nagar page for the other district with that route.
Farmland India view
Why investors look at Haridwar
Five reasoned points, with an honest note that the sanction rules need a written answer and no price series is sourced.
The district where sanctioned purchase is possible
Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar are the only districts where an outsider can seek sanction to buy agricultural land under Act 11 of 2025, so a non-resident buyer may have a route here that does not exist in Dehradun or Nainital. It needs prior state sanction, an affidavit and use for the stated purpose, so the advantage is a path, not a guarantee.
Industrial demand
A 2,034-acre industrial estate at Ranipur, listed as allotment complete (SIDA Uttarakhand), gives steady demand for housing, warehousing and services that does not depend on pilgrims alone.
Delhi reach that is improving
The corridor has been open since April 2026 and the Haridwar spur was about 92% built in July 2026 (Construction World, July 2026). Until the spur opens the benefit is indirect; price on today's roads.
Irrigated plains with a water limit
CGWB describes a three-tier alluvial aquifer system, but also a 97% stage of development in Bhagwanpur (CGWB Haridwar report, October 2016), so water is both an asset and a constraint. Crop income is a poor guide to land value, so the case rests on location and permitted use.
A pilgrimage anchor with a 2027 peak
The Kumbh runs from 14 January to 20 April 2027 (The Statesman, November 2025), and the city draws visitors in other years. Crowd-driven demand is cyclical.
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Risks & challenges in Haridwar
Read these before shortlisting in Haridwar specifically.
Sanction is the real question
Haridwar is a gated route: prior state sanction, an affidavit and use for the stated purpose. Do not pay a large advance before you know what approval the parcel needs and how long it takes.
Conditions after purchase
A change of use makes the transfer void, and the period for putting the land to its stated use runs from registration of the deed. Ask for the written rule that applies to your purchase, including any ceiling on area.
Ganga floods and waterlogging
In July 2023 the waterlogged areas of 71 villages in four tehsils were declared disaster-prone. Check flood history, canal reserves and drainage for any low-lying parcel.
The spur opening is unconfirmed
The Haridwar spur was about 92% built in July 2026 and the Centre had pointed to a June inauguration; we found no report that it has opened. Price on today's roads.
Rajaji zone and forest land
The NGT said in 2023 that construction near Rajaji is prohibited or regulated within 1 km outside the forest, and the Supreme Court has told states to notify eco-sensitive zones around tiger reserves. Confirm the distance to the boundary and any forest land in the khasra.
Groundwater pressure
CGWB put Bhagwanpur at 97% stage of groundwater development in its 2016 report. Check borewell depth and permission, and ask for recent readings.
Zoning claims near the industrial estates
"Industrial-zone" and "SIDCUL-adjacent" are marketing phrases. Ask for the zoning, the khatauni class and any allotment letter.
Who to contact
Local revenue, planning & forest offices
Mutation and revenue-record matters go through the Tehsildar of the relevant tehsil (Haridwar, Roorkee, Bhagwanpur or Laksar, per the Haridwar district portal); the district headquarters is at Roshnabad. Sanction for an outsider's agricultural purchase sits with the state government, so ask the Sub-Registrar which department receives the application. Building and layout approvals sit with the Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority inside its area, and the Forest Department confirms forest status and distance from Rajaji.
Sale-deed registration is handled by the Sub-Registrar, who also holds the village collector-rate list. Khasra and khatauni records are on the state's Bhulekh portal, which we could not open, so ask the Tehsildar how to obtain a certified copy. The Irrigation Department can say whether a parcel is on a canal reserve or in a flood zone.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Everything buyers, NRIs and investors ask before their first reviewed farmland purchase in Haridwar.
Visit full wiki01 of 04
Can an outsider buy agricultural land in Haridwar?
Only through a state-sanction route. Under Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025, in force from 1 May 2025, a person who is not already a tenure holder or owner in the state can buy agricultural or horticultural land only in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar, with prior state government sanction and an affidavit that the land will be used for that purpose; a change of use makes the transfer void. We found no official timeline for sanction, so ask the Sub-Registrar what the parcel needs.
02 of 04
What does land cost in Haridwar?
We publish no per-acre or per-sq-yd price because listing-site asks could not be traced to registered deals, and we found no Haridwar collector-rate list on the district portal. The documented constraint is water: CGWB's 2016 report puts Bhagwanpur at a 97% stage of groundwater development.
03 of 04
What stamp duty applies to land in Haridwar?
The Stamps and Registration Department fee sheet lists 5% for a sale deed and 3.75% for women up to ₹25 lakh, 5% above. Registration is 2% on that sheet, but the department's index shows a fee table amended on 16 November 2025 (₹25,000 replaced by ₹50,000), so confirm the cap with the Sub-Registrar.
04 of 04
Has the Haridwar spur of the Delhi-Dehradun corridor opened?
We found no report that it has. Construction World put it at about 92% physical progress on 6 July 2026, and NBM&CW reported in April 2026 that the Centre expected to inaugurate it in June. The main corridor opened on 14 April 2026.
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Sources and references
Law and courts
- Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2025 (Amendment Act), Government of Uttarakhand
- UP Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (parent Act text), Indian Kanoon
- Status report of Haridwar Roorkee Development Authority, OA 102 of 2023, National Green Tribunal, 9 May 2024
- SC on eco-sensitive zones and Corbett, PTI via The Week, 17 Nov 2025
- In Re: Corbett, 2025 INSC 1325, Supreme Court, Verdictum, 18 Nov 2025
Government
- RBI Master Direction FED 12/2015-16 on immovable assets under FEMA (updated 1 Sep 2022)
- Stamp duty and registration fee sheet, Stamps and Registration Department (undated PDF)
- Stamp duty and registration fee notification index, Stamps and Registration Department (updated 18 Nov 2025)
- PM inaugurates Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, PIB, 14 Apr 2026
- About Haridwar district (area, population, tehsils, blocks), Haridwar district portal, opened October 2026
- District administration page (no collector-rate list), Haridwar district portal, opened October 2026
- Integrated Industrial Estate Haridwar, SIDA Uttarakhand, opened October 2026
- District Industrial Profile, Haridwar, MSME-DI (2011-12 data)
- Aquifer mapping and ground water management plan, Haridwar, Central Ground Water Board, Oct 2016
- About Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand Forest Department, opened October 2026
News
- Uttarakhand assembly clears bill to restrict outsiders, Scroll, 22 Feb 2025
- Business Standard, 22 Feb 2025
- PTI via The Week, 1 May 2025
- New circle rates in Uttarakhand, Daily Jagran, 6 Oct 2025
- Uttarakhand revises circle rates, ETV Bharat, 6 Oct 2025
- Delhi-Dehradun Expressway opens with wildlife corridor, Construction World, 17 Apr 2026
- NHAI projects to ease Haridwar traffic ahead of Ardh Kumbh, Construction World, 6 Jul 2026
- Haridwar spur of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, Swarajya, 29 Jan 2026
- Gadkari announces Rs 800 cr Dehradun-Mussoorie road, NBM&CW, 15 Apr 2026
- Centre launches Rs 1.30 trillion road plan for Uttarakhand, Indian Infrastructure, 15 Apr 2026
- Haridwar Kumbh 2027 from 14 January to 20 April, The Statesman, 28 Nov 2025
- Dates announced for bathing festivals at Haridwar Ardh Kumbh, PTI via The Week, 15 Apr 2026
- Dhami declares waterlogged areas of Haridwar disaster-prone, Outlook, 22 Jul 2023
- NGT on resorts within 1 km of Rajaji, ThePrint (PTI), 26 Feb 2023
- Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project 73 per cent done, Swarajya, 29 Mar 2026
- Phase II of new terminal building at Dehradun airport, Indian Infrastructure, Feb 2024
Further reading
- Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management Plan, Haridwar District (publication page), CGWB, 2016
- District Industrial Profile, Dehradun, MSME-DI (Census 2011, 2010-11 data)
- Ground Water Information Booklet, Dehradun, Central Ground Water Board, June 2011
- Contact directory (tehsils, SDM and forest offices), Dehradun district portal
- Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (homepage)
- Dehradun-Mussoorie ropeway construction, Swarajya, 6 Aug 2025
- Cloudburst chaos in Dehradun, Business Today, 16 Sep 2025
- Supreme Court stays High Court directions on Haldwani railway land, The Tribune, 5 Jan 2023
Data-currency note: census figures reflect 2011, the latest full Census; district industrial data is from 2011-12 and the groundwater assessment from 2011. The 2025 amendment was read from a scanned copy of the Act and from press reports; the gazette copy was not opened. Infrastructure statuses were read in October 2026 and change quickly. We publish no listing-site prices. The sanction procedure, the area ceiling and the period for putting land to use, the registration-fee cap and the Haridwar collector rates are unconfirmed. This is a general guide, not legal advice. Report inaccuracies to wiki@farmlandindia.com.
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