Kargil: Lagging behind the curve in the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program, the union territory of Ladakh is planning to take up the digitisation of land records at a massive scale, with Kargil district taking the lead.
Ladakh, along with Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, are the bottom-rung of the states and union territories across India to have digitised their land records. In January this year, the Ladakh Land Records Management Agency (LLaRMA) had signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with M/s Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants Pvt Ltd and Consol Geo Technologies Pvt. Ltd for executing the survey and resurvey of digitization of revenue records under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP).
On Tuesday, the District Administration Kargil organized a day-long orientation program on the DILRMP, as it trains Councillors, BDCS and officials of the Revenue Department for the revolutionary transformation of traditional methods of revenue to modern methods.
Chairman and CEC, LAHDC Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan, Executive Councillors, Deputy Commissioner Kargil, Santosh Sukhadeve, senior Revenue officials and Councillors from various Constituencies, Block Development Chairpersons (BDCs), and other concerned officials attended the program.
Terming public representatives as a bridge between the government and general public in implementing various government schemes and programs, Khan said the responsibilities lie on PRI members to sensitize public about the digitization of land records.
He said earlier maintaining land records manually was an exhausting and time-consuming process for both the officials and for the general public.
The CEC said the digitization will lower burden and general public can easily access their land records on their own with the help of digitization of land records.
Khan said people might have confusion regarding the ongoing surveys at villages which needs to be cleared with the help of proper awareness camps, and orientation programs in order to sensitize them so that work of digitation can be executed properly.
Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Santosh Sukhadeve said that through SVAMITVA scheme and with the help of technology, drone survey has been conducted in some parts of the district.
He said after the digitization all over India, the land records will be documented in three languages which are Hindi, English and one regional language for the accessibility of general public who want to have access of the land records.
DC Kargil further said Aadhaar Card number will be linked with the digital record which will give lot of benefits to the common people like mortgage for bank loan and easy access to avail the benefits of various Central Sponsored Schemes.
The Deputy Commissioner requested the public representatives to extend their support to the administration to implement the scheme at the ground level without any hindrance.
Earlier, SDM Shakar Chiktan, who is also the Nodal officer of DILRMP Kargil District gave a detailed presentation on the background of DILRMP, its objective, main components, achievements of DILRMP, it’s importance etc. Later, property certificates were also distributed among the beneficiaries.
