Bijnor:
The district has become the first in the state where the entire land revenue record has gone online. District magistrate B Chandrakala inaugurated the facility on Monday. According to officials, the facility will not only facilitate the procurement of land records online but will also go a long way in reducing corruption in public offices.
The facility will make purchase and sale of land more transparent and accountable in the district has begun on Monday. Now, farmers of the district can get khasra and khatauni (record) of their land easily. This record will be verified online through digital signature in just a few minutes.
There are five tehsils, including Bijnor, Chandpur, Nagina, Dhampur and Najibabad, in the district, and about three lakhs farmers who are land holders.
Inaugurating the facility, district magistrate B Chandrakala said, “Earlier, farmers had to face many problems to get land records and get them verified by authorities concerned. Besides, it took months to transfer land to the farmer’s name who bought land from other farmers. There was always the possibility of being cheated by the land seller as in the meantime the seller sometimes took bank loan by mortgaging the sold land thereby creating problems for the buyer. This would often lead to a dispute between the buyer and the seller. But after digitizing all land records and putting them online, the sold land will be transferred to the name of buyer immediately. Farmers can not only get their land records but also can verify their such records online by using digital signature of respective authorities. Now, it would be easier to take loan from banks as verification of the land record can be done immediately.”
And if anyone gets the record of a particular plot of land, the real owner will receive an SMS on his mobile phone. Respective departments are collecting mobile numbers and Aadhaar cards from all land holders for this purpose.
“The district has become the first in the state where the entire land revenue record has gone online. Farmers can take their land records from any public service centre or download the same using any computer. The facility has begun in the district on Monday,” said the district magistrate.
Bhartiya Kisan Union district president said, “It is a great effort to make purchase and sale of land more transparent. In addition to this, farmers can get their land record easily and verify it online by using digital signature of officials.”
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Meerut / by Harveer Dabas, TNN / June 27th, 2016