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PANJIM: The Corporation of The City of Panaji (CCP), Margao Municipal Council and the Cuncolim Municipal Council are among 152 urban local bodies selected for the Centrally-funded National Geospatial Knowledge Based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) pilot project.
The NAKSHA programme aims to create and update land records in urban areas to ensure accurate and reliable documentation of land ownership.
Speaking at a function organised by the Directorate of Settlement and Land Records in Panjim on Tuesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the NAKSHA, the pilot project will help in urban planning in the long run and will facilitate seamless and fair land dealings, besides helping in urban planning and disaster management.
“Goans are fortunate,” Sawant said, adding that despite Goa being a small State, Panjim, Margao and Cuncolim were selected for this project. He also allayed fears that may come up in people’s minds over the project which will be implemented in phases - survey through drones and preparing GIS based 3-D maps and title deeds, updating relevant property tax records based on the GIS system of the properties and integration of all maps-said that people should not get scared.
“This project will not change any records such as land titles. “These GIS based 3-D maps will be available for taxation, encroachment removal and city planning activities,” Sawant said.
Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Revenue) Sandip Jacques, IAS, said that this project will help the government and the common man. It will help improve land revenue collection, remove land disputes and seek the cooperation of these urban bodies for the survey to be completed within the stipulated time frame.
Earlier, Director of Settlement and Land Records Rohit Kadam in his welcome address said that NAKSHA would efficiently help manage land records.
Present on the occasion were North Goa Collector Dr Sneha Gitte, IAS, South Goa Collector Egna Cleetus, IAS, and representatives from CCP and municipal councils.
Earlier, Amrendra Kumar Singh, IES, gave an overview of project NAKSHA, which is being implemented by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Union Government, under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Program (DILRMP), with the help of Survey of India, on a one- year pilot project basis to create land records in about 152 urban local bodies across 26 States and three Union Territories in India.