'Digital Khatha' for property owners at the end of the month

 BBMP: Draft e-khatha available online; One month is allowed for objection

 'Digital Khatha' for property owners at the end of the month

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ 

BENGALURU: Digital Khata or e-Khata, which is treated as a 'Bhoo Aadhaar' document, will be available to property owners in the city by the end of September.

 Even though the property khatha is available online in rural areas of the state, BBMP has been lagging behind the system. The process was started a year ago with the intention of providing e-Katha to property owners of the city. Now in the final stage, the e-khatha of 20 lakh properties is being prepared. All information of properties has been digitized.

 In the draft e-khatha, the latitude and longitude along with the image of the property are recorded. It will be available online by the end of September. BBMP is also incorporating the details already collected under the Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) scheme into the e-khatha.

 Once the draft e-Khatha is available to the property owner, the details thereof should be verified. Objections should be submitted online if there is any change. Also, some documents are required to be submitted by the owner. BBMP intends to make the final e-Katha containing all that available to the citizens on November 1.

 Once e-Khatha is available, it is like 'Bhoo-Aadhaar' for property owners. The ownership of the property will be documented with a picture and a specific location," said Munish Moudgil, Special Commissioner, Revenue Department, BBMP.

Once the e-Khatha is officially available with the property, all further processes will be done online. All the information is also made available to the Sub Registrar offices. After the property sale process, one cannot go to any office to change the khtha. He informed that the transferred e-Khatha will be available to the new owner.

 Owner need to cooperate: Munish Moudgil

 150 personnel have been assigned to each ward to capture latitude, longitude of city properties. Property owners should cooperate with these personnel when they come,' requested Munish Moudgil, special commissioner of revenue department of BBMP.

 The owner should ensure that the latitude and longitude are recorded correctly. This will be a clear record of their property and it will remain unique' he said.