<p>The Hubballi City tahsildar’s office has digitised all 1.39 lakh land record files in its record room under ‘Bhu Suraksha’ scheme on a pilot basis. A similar exercise has begun in all other taluks. Records at Alnavar taluk office are also digitised in a short period, as their number was less.</p><p>‘Bhu Suraksha’ was launched in February last year in Hubballi City to preserve the land records in digital form to prevent missing, theft and manipulation of records. Thus, the Revenue Department has successfully digitised nearly 36 lakh pages, some of which are even 100-year-old. Hubballi City tahsildar’s office has already started issuing digitised land records from this month, and they have barcode also to check their authenticity.</p><p>On a pilot basis, the Revenue Department had selected one taluk each in all districts for the launch of this ambitious scheme. Hubballi City was one of them, and digitisation of all records through scanning has been completed by May end. Meanwhile, this scheme implementation has begun in all taluks statewide in January.</p><p>“Ten data entry operators on outsourcing, computers and scanners were provided for this initiative. All the files in the record room are digitised now. Fresh documents being created henceforth will be digitised by our own staff,” said Hubballi City Tahsildar Kalagouda Patil.</p><p>Before scanning, records were categorised based on their age, catalogued and were also indexed. Scanned copies in PDF form are uploaded on recordroom.karnataka.gov.in portal, after multiple verification. Digital records can be viewed or downloaded in coming days, officials said.</p><p>Meanwhile, at the record room of the Hubballi Rural tahsildar’s office, 15% of land records are digitised since January. The office has 1.59 lakh land record files, and some of them are from 1900 itself. Around 25,000 records are digitised so far, said the record room staff.</p><p>Old records in a fragile condition and server issues in uploading the scanned copies are hindering the task. However, once if the uploading task gets completed, citizens need not visit the offices to get records, but can download them from the portal after making digital payment, they said.</p><p><strong>Alnvar too</strong></p><p>According to Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu GRJ, ‘Bhu Suraksha’ implementation scheduled for 100 days on a pilot basis at Hubballi City tahsildar’s office took over 15 months due to several issues cropped initially. However, they have been resolved and the process was streamlined now in other taluks too, she added.</p><p>“Digitisation of records in Alnavar taluk is also completed in April as it is a small taluk. Meanwhile the process started in January in remaining taluks is fast-tracked. Old and original records have to be handled carefully. We want to complete the digitisation of land records in all taluks in the district by December end,” she said.</p>
<p>The Hubballi City tahsildar’s office has digitised all 1.39 lakh land record files in its record room under ‘Bhu Suraksha’ scheme on a pilot basis. A similar exercise has begun in all other taluks. Records at Alnavar taluk office are also digitised in a short period, as their number was less.</p><p>‘Bhu Suraksha’ was launched in February last year in Hubballi City to preserve the land records in digital form to prevent missing, theft and manipulation of records. Thus, the Revenue Department has successfully digitised nearly 36 lakh pages, some of which are even 100-year-old. Hubballi City tahsildar’s office has already started issuing digitised land records from this month, and they have barcode also to check their authenticity.</p><p>On a pilot basis, the Revenue Department had selected one taluk each in all districts for the launch of this ambitious scheme. Hubballi City was one of them, and digitisation of all records through scanning has been completed by May end. Meanwhile, this scheme implementation has begun in all taluks statewide in January.</p><p>“Ten data entry operators on outsourcing, computers and scanners were provided for this initiative. All the files in the record room are digitised now. Fresh documents being created henceforth will be digitised by our own staff,” said Hubballi City Tahsildar Kalagouda Patil.</p><p>Before scanning, records were categorised based on their age, catalogued and were also indexed. Scanned copies in PDF form are uploaded on recordroom.karnataka.gov.in portal, after multiple verification. Digital records can be viewed or downloaded in coming days, officials said.</p><p>Meanwhile, at the record room of the Hubballi Rural tahsildar’s office, 15% of land records are digitised since January. The office has 1.59 lakh land record files, and some of them are from 1900 itself. Around 25,000 records are digitised so far, said the record room staff.</p><p>Old records in a fragile condition and server issues in uploading the scanned copies are hindering the task. However, once if the uploading task gets completed, citizens need not visit the offices to get records, but can download them from the portal after making digital payment, they said.</p><p><strong>Alnvar too</strong></p><p>According to Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu GRJ, ‘Bhu Suraksha’ implementation scheduled for 100 days on a pilot basis at Hubballi City tahsildar’s office took over 15 months due to several issues cropped initially. However, they have been resolved and the process was streamlined now in other taluks too, she added.</p><p>“Digitisation of records in Alnavar taluk is also completed in April as it is a small taluk. Meanwhile the process started in January in remaining taluks is fast-tracked. Old and original records have to be handled carefully. We want to complete the digitisation of land records in all taluks in the district by December end,” she said.</p>