Andhra Pradesh signs MoU for historic land survey

VIJAYAWADA: The Government of Andhra Pradesh has exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Survey of India (SoI) for the land survey in state. The MoU for survey named ‘YSR Jagananna Saswath Bhoo Hakku-Bhoo Raksha Pathakam’ was signed in the presence of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday, December 9. The programme will be launched on December 21.

Reddy said that the survey is historic as a land survey on such a large scale will be conducted for the first time in almost 100 years. He added that the details in the survey will be highly accurate with a minimum error rate of 2 centimetre (cm). State-of-the-art technologies such as rovers, drones, etc will be used for the survey. A land titling card will be provided after the survey which will consist of a unique identification number, measurements of property, name of the owner with photo and total area.

Reddy added that the survey will be done across the state whether it’s a house site or agricultural land or any real estate layout. After providing the title, the details will be mentioned for two years in the respective village secretariat to raise the objections, if any. Lieutenant General Girish Kumar, Surveyor General of India, said that SoI will provide all the possible technical support for fresh mapping, integration of land records, supervision and quality control with the help of seamless geodetic infrastructure.