Jammu : Union Minister of Rural Development and Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) in 152 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across 26 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) at Raisen, Madhya Pradesh tomorrow.
The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has initiated this pilot program.
Union Minister of State for Rural Development & Communications, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Dr Mohan Yadav, Revenue Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Karan Singh Verma, Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Prahlad Singh Patel, Narayan Singh Pawar, State Minister (Independent Charge) for Fisheries and Fishermen welfare and Minister In-charge, District Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, MLA, Sanchi, Prabhu Ram Chaudhary, Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Government of India, Manoj Joshi and other officers from Government of India and Madhya Pradesh State Government will attend the event..
The occasion will be marked by flying of drones, launch of Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) booklet, Video and flyer on NAKSHA Programme, flagging of WDC Yatra, screening of WDC video and playing of Watershed Anthem.
The NAKSHA program aims to create and update land records in urban areas to ensure accurate and reliable documentation of land ownership. This initiative will empower citizens, improve ease of living, enhance urban planning, and reduce land-related disputes. The IT-based system for property record administration will foster transparency, efficiency and support sustainable development.
The Survey of India is the technical partner for NAKSHA programme which is responsible for conducting aerial surveys and providing orthorectified imagery, through third party vendors, to state and Union Territory governments. The end-to-end web-GIS platform will be developed by the Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Development Corporation (MPSEDC) and storage facilities will be provided by the National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI).
States and Union Territory governments are scheduled to conduct field surveys and ground truthing using the orthorectified imagery, ultimately leading to the final publication of urban and semi-urban land records.
The NAKSHA pilot program is expected to cost approximately ₹194 crore, fully funded by the Government of India.
The same programme is being organised in four selected ULBs of J&K including Bishnah in Jammu, Katra in Reasi, Awantipora in Pulwama and Pattan in Baramulla districts at Green View Resort, Bishnah; Auditorium Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra; Lal Ded Auditorium IUST, Awantipora and Auditorium Hall Government Degree College, Pattan respectively.
