Why in news:

• The state government of Haryana has recently announced that a modern land measurement system would be adopted by the authorities, which will replace the age-old chain (jarib) based measurement.

Key Points:

• According to the state government authorities, the introduction of the new system will bring more accuracy and reliability in land measurement and reduce the scope for disputes. The announcement was made during the meeting of officials regarding the SVAMITVA Yojana, headed by the chief minister.
• As part of the institutionalization of the project, 300 new rovers will be purchased to complete the work related to large-scale mapping of every district and tehsil in a time-bound manner.
• It is important to note here that Sonipat and Karnal districts have been selected as pilot projects in the first phase. In this regard, authorities have underlined that large-scale mapping would be completed on agricultural land and revenue land falling under municipal corporation areas outside the Lal Dore area of these districts.
• Besides, the state government has also announced its plan that every property such ascertained will also be linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra and the work would be completed in these districts by the concerned authorities in a time bound manner.