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The Bihar government connected Saturday (September 21, 2024) halted the onshore survey successful the State for 3 months citing problems faced by radical successful procuring documents. Being carried retired aft much than 100 years, the thrust has been mired by complaints of corruption astatine the ellipse bureau level.
“We person recovered that radical are facing problems successful collecting onshore documents, truthful the section has decided to springiness them 3 months much to get the required documents. A ceremonial missive connected the determination volition beryllium issued aft 2 days and past the survey would resume,” said Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Revenue and Land Reforms Department Minister.
“After 3 months, we volition beryllium with the radical acrophobic to sermon the issue. I person called a gathering with the ellipse officers and person warned them to support transparency oregon beryllium acceptable to look action,” helium said.
With the Assembly predetermination owed adjacent year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s authorities started the onshore survey connected August 20 with a deadline to implicit it by July 2025. The survey aims to digitise the onshore records of 45,000 villages.
A precocious fig of onshore disputes pending earlier antithetic forums has burdened the State machinery, including the civilian courts. The authorities has appointed astir 10,000 officials arsenic peculiar survey adjunct colony officers and different officials, including survey amins.
But officials person had problems successful decoding aged onshore documents written successful the Kaithi script. Sources said precise fewer officials successful the State tin work the script.
“We are organising a grooming campy and person called experts from Varanasi. At present, 100 officers are getting trained to work the Kaithi script. We volition show the Hindi alphabets of Kaithi truthful that radical tin cheque whether the officials are speechmaking correctly. We volition nonstop the Hindi alphabets of Kaithi successful each panchayat truthful that radical tin work and understand,” Mr. Jaiswal said.
During a high-level gathering connected Saturday, the Chief Minister stressed that land-related disputes should beryllium settled timely truthful that related transgression is controlled.
“The onshore survey volition instrumentality spot due to the fact that erstwhile it is done, 60% of the cases lodged successful constabulary stations volition get resolved,” Mr. Jaiswal said. “Land records are digitised successful West Bengal, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, we besides privation to bash it. The onshore mafia are spreading rumours that the survey volition beryllium suspended, that volition not happen. Around 52,000 acres of authorities onshore is nether the amerciable possession of onshore mafia and erstwhile the survey is done, the authorities volition get backmost its land,” the Minister said.
