To make the land related records modern and accurate in Bihar, the state government is continuously doing special land survey work. In this series, Deputy Chief Minister cum Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha held a high-level review meeting in his Patna office on Monday.

In the meeting, Vijay Kumar Sinha took detailed information about the progress of the survey work going on in all the districts and gave clear instructions that this entire work should be completed within the stipulated time limit.

Bihar is conducting special land survey in two phases

Vijay Sinha told that special land survey is going on in two phases in Bihar. The first phase started from September 2020, under which survey work is going on in 5,657 Mauzas in 89 circles of 20 districts. He said that in this phase, survey of 961 villages has been completed so far and the final rights records of these villages have also been published. In the remaining villages, work is in the final stages and is progressing rapidly. After this, the second phase was started from August 2024, in which a special survey is being conducted in 37,384 villages in 448 zones of 18 districts.

List of 10 Panchayats should be prepared in every district – Deputy Chief Minister

Comparing both the phases, the Deputy Chief Minister said that many districts have performed well, but there is a need to increase the pace in some places. In the meeting, he also instructed the officials to prepare a list of those 10 panchayats in every district where progress is the slowest. Keeping special monitoring on these Panchayats, additional resources and personnel should be deployed there, so that the work can be expedited. He said that accurate and transparent survey of land related records is the top priority of the government, because this will reduce land disputes in future and people will easily get accurate records.

Any kind of negligence will not be tolerated in the survey

Vijay Sinha warned the officials that any kind of negligence in the survey will not be tolerated. He said that this project is directly related to the public interest and it is his personal responsibility to get it completed properly and on time. In the meeting, Principal Secretary of Revenue Department CK Anil, Director of Land Records and Measurement Directorate J. Priyadarshini and other senior officers of the department were present. All the officers presented the progress reports of their respective districts and discussed the further action plan.

The government hopes that within the stipulated time frame the entire state will be connected to modern land records, which will provide great convenience to the citizens and the administrative work will also become more transparent and simple.

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Land survey in bihar: Last 2024, land survey work has been going on in the entire Bihar since last August 2024, but many people are going to visit the office for many problems including land papers or measures. In all other cases related to land, people have to visit the Zonal Office. Now the Department of Revenue and Land Reforms has given great relief to diagnose the problem of common people. The department has started the helpline center in view of the problem of the people.

Sanjay Saraogi inaugurated the helpline center

Through this toll-free call center (18003456215), land related documents, departmental schemes, complaints and solutions will now be available to the people of the state at the same number. The helpline center has been inaugurated by Revenue and Land Reforms Minister Sanjay Saraogi at the CSC office in Danapur, Patna on Sunday. Inaugurating the first helpline center of the state, Minister Sanjay Saraogi said that this center will start for the common people from June 3 and will serve from 9 am to 6 pm from Monday to Saturday.

The purpose of setting up this call center is to deliver revenue and land information to the citizens of rural and remote and ensure a time -bound solution to their complaints. He said that now people will not have to visit the offices. He said that there is a strong step towards making the digital mission of Bihar government successful at the ground level.

Additional Chief Secretary of the department present on the occasion, Deepak Kumar Singh said that subjects like revenue and land reform are complicated for the common people, but with the help of a trained call agent, this helpline will make it comfortable for the common citizens. For a long time, the need for this call center was felt, until the information of the schemes will not reach the last person, they will not become effective.

He said that the CSC network has access to every panchayat and this helpline will become a platform for more civil rights and digital awareness than an information center. Many major land related services will be available to the people at this helpline center. Among them, information will be found on topics like land related documents, filing-dismissal, Jamabandi, Mutation.

Guidelines to make citizens aware

This call center will provide information about departmental schemes and guidelines to make citizens aware. Complaint registration and solution will be assisted. You will get information about the status of your application. The main objective of the department is to solve their problem by connecting rural citizens through digital platforms.

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