Hyderabad to Post Digital Maps of Govt Land

Hyderabad to Post Digital Maps of Govt Land

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, February 14, 2012   |    1 Comments

Bangalore: The district administration of Hyderabad is planning to post digital maps of land owned by Government on its portal (www.hyderabad.gov.in), as a measure to check the infringement of these properties, reports Sunil MungaraSunil Mungara, TNN.

K Madanamohan Rao, Hyderabad district revenue officer told TOI that "Hundreds of acres of government land lie under the Hyderabad district jurisdiction. Land sharks are eyeing these properties. The issue came to light when local revenue authorities visited these sites and found that the land had been encroached upon. Squatters are moving court claiming ownership of these plots. As a result, the government has lost possession of valuable real estate in the city as it keeps getting embroiled in legal wrangles."

Rao further quoted that "We collected house number data from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and superimposed it on our records but they did not tally. In some cases, government land is being shown as private land. In view of these problems, we have decided to digitize records of government land spread across the 16 mandals (Amberper, Ameerpet, Asifnagar, Bahadurpura, Bandlaguda, Charminar, Golconda, Himayathnagar, Khairatabad, Marredpally, Musheerabad, Nampally Saidabad, Secunderabad, Shaikpet and Trimulgherry) in Hyderabad district,” reports TOI.

The responsibility of spotting government-owned lands and posting maps on district website using Geographic Information System (GIS), are given to tehsildars.

Rao said that, later on, these maps would be linked to Google Earth and he also said that "Once the project is completed, any citizen can visit the portal and select an area to check land holding before purchasing property. The new system will be launched in March," reports TOI.

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