Andhra CM launches comprehensive land survey after century

Takkellapadu (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 21 : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched an ambitious comprehensive land survey exercise at Takkellapadu village of Jaggaiahapeta mandal in Krishna district on Monday.
Dubbed YSR Jagananna Shaswata Bhu Hakku and Bhu Raksha, the survey is one of its kind initiatives taken up by the government, aimed at putting an end to land disputes, middlemen, corruption and ensuring transparency.
With the scheme, the state government will generate an unique identification number for every land parcel.
The survey will be carried out by the Survey of India, revenue, panchayat raj and municipal administration departments, covering 1.26 crore acres of agricultural land in 17,000 villages.
It will cover 85 lakh government and private lands within the limits of 13,371 gramakantam lands, 40 lakh government and private properties and 10 lakh plots in 110 urban areas.
The survey, being conducted after 100 years, will be executed in three phases: First phase (December 2020 to July 2021), second phase (October 2021 to April 2022) and third phase (July 2022 to January 2023).