Chandigarh, Aug 4 - A motor sports city will come up near Haryana's millennium city Gurgaon, adjoining the national capital, officials said Tuesday

The motor sports city will come up in the newly created district of Mewat, about 60 km from Gurgaon, with an investment of Rs.20 billion (Rs.2,000 crore). The project will include a race track and ancillary facilities like hotels, entertainment parks and golf course.

The Haryana investment promotion board, which met under Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here Tuesday, approved in principle the proposal of Pioneer Urban Land and Infrastructure Limited to develop 'Gurgaon Motor Sports City' in Mewat district

The project envisages future investment of Rs.60 billion (Rs.6,000 crore), the meeting was told by officials.

The board decided that acquisition of land for this project would be made under the state's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, in which the developer would have to acquire 75 per cent of the land for the project and the government would acquire up to 25 per cent of the land.