Jammu DM reviews digitisation of Jamabandis

Asks officials to acquaint public about benefits of digitised land records; stresses on transparency, efficiency in Revenue Department

JAMMU, JANUARY 21: District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya reviewed the status of digitisation of Jamabandis, the textual records of land ownership at a meeting with officers of Revenue Department held here today.

The meeting  focussed on the procedure being followed for finalising, freezing and digitising the Jamabandis of all the villages in the district.

The meeting was apprised that updated Jamabandis of all the villages would be made public after January 23 onwards in a phased manner. The DM also encouraged the officers to give wide publicity to the digitised Jamabandis and the benefits they would bring to the citizens.

It was informed that a total of 908 Jamabandis have been digitised with thorough quality checks. The DM appreciated the efforts of the revenue officers in completing the task.

The DM directed the Tehsildars to conduct field visits, exercise their Magisterial powers optimally and resolve the public grievances in a timely manner.

He also gave instructions to the Rural Development Department regarding the implementation of MGNREGA and instructed all the concerned officers to meet the target  of man days under the scheme and ensure the timely payment of wages.

The meeting was attended by ADC Ansuya Jamwal, ADC Shishir Gupta, ACR Piyush Dhotra, ACD Preeti Sharma, SDMs, Tehsildars and other concerned officers of revenue department.