The UT administration has initiated implementation of complete map-based enterprise solution to cater to the need of property data for departments like the municipal corporation, estate office and Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB).
Under the project, implemented by the IT department, a solution is being developed for an integrated property management system for Chandigarh irrespective of ownership of the department and types/categories of properties. It will also involve migration of existing property records into a new system and generation of new property ID with geo property tags.
“There will be verification of existing property records with a geographic information system (GIS) map and in case of any discrepancy above permissible limit, physical survey will be conducted,” said an official.
While data from other UT departments like social welfare, police, finance, and others will be added in next phases, GIS connectors will be created to integrate other departments to connect to GIS solutions in future.
The overall goal is to implement an enterprise GIS solution to enhance property tax assessment process as well as integration of other departments.
“A unique ID will be given to each asset and property in the city. These will be collated for a ward-wise mapping. Mapping will include information about property tax, social indicators, safety parameters, utility and institutional parameters. The aim is to have better policy formulation and implementation keeping in mind the ground realities,” said the official.
GIS technology brings a variety of solutions to solve ground problems with its spatial querying technology but only provides a cursory view. “The administration is working for an integration of 360-degree panorama images with GIS to provide a seamless view of the city on desktop, enabling accurate decision making,” the official said.
The department has floated a tender inviting firms to implement the project, and also had pre-bid meetings with firms. Officials said it will take another month for the final selection of the agency for project execution.
