A day after the BJP launched its ‘Bhoo raksha deeksha,’ Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asserted on Tuesday that lands were safe and protected during the TDP rule.
The TDP government had streamlined the land records in the combined Andhra Pradesh, but the subsequent governments “misused the data available in the land records” only to encroach upon the lands with forged documents, Mr. Naidu alleged.
‘Unique initiative’
“As part of the efforts to protect the lands in the State and make the Revenue Department corruption-free, the State government has been taking many initiatives, the latest being ‘Bhudhaar’, which is the first of its kind in the country,” he said.
“People, more particularly farmers, would have to appreciate and support the government’s endeavour to ensure good governance in the State,” the Chief Minister said, adding, “Else, you will be the worst sufferers and not me.” Mr. Naidu was addressing a gathering at the Grievance Hall near his residence at Undavalli after launching ‘Bhudhaar’.
Exactly two decades ago, the TDP government had launched the Computer-Aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD) in the combined State.
“Now, the Bhuseva project aims at providing integrated services pertaining to land. Under this, each land parcel will be given a Bhudhaar number, an 11-digit unique figure. It will help in easy identification of the details of the land parcel,” Mr. Naidu said, and added that it would put an end to the irregularities in land registration and corruption.
Furthermore, the government would resolve all the issues relating to the five to six categories of lands in the State in one month, he said.
Officials had been directed to focus on the dotted lands, cooperative joint farming lands, forest lands, assigned lands and house sites. More than 80,000 cases pertaining to the dotted lands and 24,000 cases of Inam lands were pending disposal. The disputes/problems relating to these categories would be addressed and people allowed to sell their lands, he said.
‘Details on mobiles’
Deputy Chief Minister (Revenue) K. E. Krishnamurthy said the government’s objective was to make the State land litigation-free. Land records would be available with a click of the button. People would be able to have details of their land on their mobile phones too, he said.
The government had spent ₹26.75 crore on the project. A permanent Bhudhaar number would be given in future. A geo reference for Bhudhaar would also be given shortly, Mr. Krishnamurthy said. Government Adviser (IT) J. Satyanarayana, and district Collectors of Krishna and Guntur B. Lakshmikantham and Kona Sasidhar were present.
