Aerial view of Bengaluru city from BMT Layout area.
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Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has begun integrating drone imagery into e-khata documents, adding a new layer of security and accuracy to digital property records.
The final e-khata will now comprise nine documents.
Munish Moudgil, Special Commissioner (Revenue), said the GBA has integrated Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR) — property maps with drone images—into about one lakh e-khata documents so far.
"This is painstaking work. We use precise GPS data to match each e-khata with the correct UPOR map and image. About nine lakh final e-khatas have been issued, and drone integration is ongoing daily," he said.
The final e-khata also includes property details, owner's photo, digital map, Bescom metre number and more.
Faceless round robin system halted
Amid strong employee objections, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has suspended the recently introduced faceless round robin system, which aimed to speed up clearance of pending e-khata applications.
The system, hailed as a major reform, auto-assigned pending files to officers without backlogs, removing exclusive jurisdictional control. As officers lost control over files in their jurisdiction, employees threatened indefinite protest, warning of lost accountability.
As a result, the GBA has paused the system.