Authorities miss deadline for digitization of land-records in Jammu, Srinagar
What's the story
Authorities in Jammu and Srinagar have failed to meet the deadline set to complete the first phase of a project to digitize the land records in the two districts, and they now aim to complete the project by March next year.
The first phase of the project, which officially began in April 2016, was scheduled to be completed by February 2018.
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Why?
Why the project missed its deadline?
An official said the project moved slowly in Kashmir because work was put on hold in the Valley for six months in 2016 because of unrest following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8 that year.
Over 80 people were killed and many others injured in the unrest.
Also, the first-phase didn't start on the scheduled date October 5, 2015.
New deadline
First phase of project to be completed by March 2019
"The first phase of the project required more time and is likely to be completed by March 2019, while the computerization of land records of the entire state is targeted to be completed by March 31, 2022," the official said.
J&K Land Records Management Agency had approved the implementation plan for digitizing land records under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program in 2015-2016.
10 districts
Second and third each phase to cover 10 districts
In the second phase, which was scheduled for March 2018-20, 10 more districts will be taken up - five in Jammu, three in Kashmir and two in Ladakh.
The remaining 10 districts, four in Jammu region and six in Kashmir, would be taken up in the third phase from April 2020 to March 2022, the targeted date for the completion of the project.
Information
Over 164 lakh revenue documents scanned
About the progress of project work from April 2016 to December 2017, the revenue department official said against the target of 666.49L revenue document scanning, 164.61L (58.77 in Kashmir and 105.84 in Jammu) have been completed.