The state government of Andhra Pradesh will soon issue property cards in 100 villages by August 15 and 1,000 villages by October 2. The cards will be issued to land and property owners after resurvey in the area.
The cabinet sub-committee headed by PR minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy reviewed the progress of the survey programme recently in the presence of Deputy CM (Revenue) Dharmana Krishnadas and municipal administration minister Botcha Satyanarayana.
Peddireddy said that they would issue property cards to those who have been enjoying ‘Grama Kantham’ without any title or land record, for several decades in the first phase.
Identification pf the land under the of farmers will be done through a digital survey with drones. Farmers and land owners have been struggling with improper land records and title cards as no land survey was conducted in the state for over a century. ‘We have taken a comprehensive land survey under YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku and Bhu Raksha scheme across the state,’ said Peddireddy.
The field level survey of grama kantham land in about 100 villages would be completed in a few days and they would ready the title cards by August 15. The officials communicated that survey of Grama Kantham lands would be completed in about 1000 villages by October 2.
Chief Commissioner Land Administration (CCLA) Nirabh Kumar Prasad said that they have identified 51 villages in 51 revenue divisions to set up drones, rovers and core stations to complete the survey. He said that they have set up 70 core sub-stations as per the instructions of the Survey of India authorities.
