Haryanahas decided to do away with the ancient surveying chain, called Jareeb, used for ages to measure land. For centuries,Jareebhas enabled land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes. This will now be replaced by a modern measurement system.
“A modern technology-based land measurement system will be put in place to replace the age-old chain link (Jareeb) measurement. This will provide greater accuracy and reliability in the measurement of land and reduce the scope for disputes,” Haryana chief ministerManohar Lal Khattarsaid in his Budget speech earlier this week.
Haryana also plans to undertake several reforms for the modernisation of the land records system and replace old Persian or Urdu terminology. According to senior officials of the Haryana revenue department, this terminology is outdated now as it has no significance at the present time and has become problematic for the functioning of the department.
The Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) portion of the Haryana LargeScale Mapping(HaLSM) project has concluded with 25.44 lakh properties mapped. Title deeds and ownership rights have been recognised in favour of the owners of these properties for the first time in HISTORY.