The government has introduced Electronic Total Station (ETS) machines in the State to digitise 49 lakh field management books under the National Land Records Modernisation Programme, Deputy Chief Minister K.E. Krishnamurthy said on Saturday.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu envisaged measures to resolve land disputes with ETS and 92 per cent of claims on land issues were resolved so far, Mr. Krishnamurthy said.
Inaugurating a 20-day training camp for 70 surveyors of seven districts in Kurnool Zone at the DRDA Training Centre at B.Thandrapadu , Mr. Krishna Murthy said 700 government surveyors and 354 licensed surveyors were being trained in ETS and Auto CAD by Anode Technology, a private firm. Under ‘Mee Intiki Mee Bhoomi’ programme, 41,881 applications were received for survey in the first phase and 6,331 applications in the second phase. Of them, 17,653 applications would be disposed of by January end. As many as 3,60,891 acres of land was surveyed for land pooling, land acquisition, alienation, assignment and layouts, he said.
Maps of 15,383 out of 17,137 villages were digitised so far. Data pertaining to 87 lakh acres of government land was being uploaded, surveyed and categorised by surveyors, Mr. Krishnamurthy said.
District Collector Ch. Vijayamohan said most grievances of the people pertained to land issues. Stone registers dating back to 150 years were intact and survey must be done number-wise from the north-eastern end of every village, he said, and called upon the surveyors to master the ETS system.
Nearly 25,000 acres of land was surveyed in Kurnool district using 12 ETS machines, said Joint Collector C. Harikiran. Deputy Director of Survey and Land Records Jhansi Rani participated.
