Haryana's Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, has announced that every village in the state is now free from "Lal Dora" areas. The initiative, launched by the government in December 2019, aimed to establish definite property ownership in rural areas using drone technology to map land plots and provide households with a 'Record of Rights.' This initiative has resulted in the issuance of legal ownership cards. Over 2.5 million property cards have been completed in 6,260 villages, with over 2.4 million cards distributed to their rightful owners. This move eliminates the longstanding "Lal Dora" designation, ensuring property owners have official records and access to bank loans.
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Haryana's Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, recently announced that every village in the state is now free from "Lal Dora" areas. The initiative to achieve this was introduced by the government on December 25, 2019. Notably, the first village to achieve this status was Sirsi in Karnal district on Republic Day, a month after the launch of the scheme.
Khattar engaged in a communication session with recipients of the Pradhan Mantri SVAMITVA Yojana via audio conferencing, as stated by an official release. The SVAMITVA scheme is a transformative measure that aims to establish definite property ownership in rural populated regions. This involves mapping land plots using drone technology and offering village households a 'Record of Rights.' This initiative results in the issuance of legal ownership cards.
Khattar mentioned that more than 2.5 million property cards have been completed in 6,260 villages throughout the state. Among these, over 2.4 million cards have been distributed to their rightful owners. He also pointed out that around 462,000 properties in 3,613 villages have been registered up to this point. Khattar expressed the state's sense of pride as the SVAMITVA scheme was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi nationwide over three years ago.
He mentioned that there were no official property records available for properties within the village marked as 'Lal Dora.' Moreover, these properties were ineligible for bank loans. He further explained that conflicts over ownership rights were common, leading to a longstanding demand from villagers across the state to remove the 'Lal Dora' designation. After careful consideration of these issues, the decision was made to liberate villages from the 'Lal Dora' label.
He declared that today all villages in the state are free from the 'Lal Dora' classification. He added that to accomplish this task, meticulous field verification was carried out in every village, and a thorough examination of property within the 'Lal Dora' areas was conducted.
Afterwards, a distinct identification was assigned to each asset. As a result, the documentation of land and property within the 'Lal Dora' territory is now accurate, eliminating any potential disputes related to ownership rights," explained Khattar.
In numerous states, the populated segments of villages, termed as "lal dora" land in Punjab and Haryana, and referred to as "abadi" in certain places, had largely been excluded from such surveys. Consequently, numerous village communities throughout India lacked an official ownership record, and their claims to ownership over land in the "abadi" region primarily relied on their actual possession of the property. Due to the lack of an official document, individuals owning properties in rural regions face difficulty in using their property as a financial asset to secure loans from banks.
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