Nainital Villages See Drone Survey for Land Records
Ramnagar, October 24: Uttarakhand is adopting modern technology to bring greater transparency and precision to land surveys and revenue records. In Ramnagar, Nainital district, a survey campaign using drones and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) has been launched to support this goal.
The campaign is moving ahead with land measurement and demarcation in Pampapuri, Durgapuri, Kaushalyapuri and Bharatpuri.
The Revenue Council, Uttarakhand, initiated the special survey, which is being carried out in chosen villages across Nainital and Haridwar districts. Survey of India personnel from Dehradun are using modern instruments and drone technology to obtain accurate land information.
Residents of rural areas have often faced difficulties related to land settlement, consolidation and revenue records. Dense settlements and complicated geographical conditions have contributed to these issues. The government therefore began a technology-based survey to clarify the real status of land and to update revenue records in an orderly way.
The aerial survey of all four localities was carried out from the PNGPG College campus in Ramnagar tehsil. Local people have sought land measurement and survey in these areas for a long time. They hope that once the survey is complete, many disputes over ownership and boundaries can be resolved.
Ramnagar Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gopal Singh Chauhan said that the demand for land measurement in Bharatpuri, Pampapuri and Kaushalyapuri had persisted for years. These areas come under non-JD land, which includes various kinds of land. After the Chief Minister announced the measure, the land measurement process started. However, some old survey records from before 1948 and technical challenges created obstacles.
He explained that the matter was forwarded through the District Magistrate to the Revenue Council, after which the Survey of India was assigned the survey responsibility. A team of specialists is now collecting land data and conducting a detailed survey on site.
The modern survey has raised expectations that the real condition of land will be clarified, revenue records will be set right, and long-standing problems of local residents will be solved. The final survey report is now awaited, and it is expected to bring relief in land-related cases.