India, Aug. 3 -- The Haryana government has introduced a new policy granting landowners and developers easement rights over revenue roads, allowing properties on either side of such roads to be connected. Revenue rastas are pathways listed in government revenue records that typically connect agricultural fields or village areas.

The policy was approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh. As per the government notification, private owners can lease land under or over revenue rastas at an annual easement or lease charge calculated at 5% of the agricultural collector rate per square metre per year.

"The policy allows easement for accessing and continuing services between the land parc...