Land Use Act
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 19 2013 :
The State Government has been working to enact and pass the Manipur Land Use Act and also to computerise land records of the four valley districts.
This was stated by Chief Minister O Ibobi at a function organised by and at Imphal West DC office today which marked the beginning of the computerisation process of land records under Lamsang sub-division, Patsoi sub-division and Wangoi sub-division of Imphal West district.
Pointing out that the valley districts constitute just about 10 per cent of the territory of Manipur, Ibobi claimed that the State Government has been studying and following all possible measures to ensure that the limited land of the valley is used in the most economical and productive manner.
It is not advisable to use the limited plain area in any haphazard or unproductive manner.
Destroying or usurping agricultural lands would only breed repentance without any solace in future, Ibobi cautioned.
The State Government is very serious of the land use pattern in Manipur particularly in the valley districts and it is earnestly working to enact a land use act.
Underscoring the importance of computerising land records, Ibobi noted that Imphal West district has for the time in Manipur started computerisation process of land records.
Efforts are on to extend the same process to the remaining valley districts.
Maximum efforts would be put in to complete the land computerisation process for all the valley districts and some parts of Churachandpur district within the current financial year.
In his speech, Dr Kh Ratan noted that the same process of computerising land records has been completed in many states of India.
Computerisation of land records would enable maintenance of land records for many years safely.
It would also provide valuable data in the process of State planning.
It would also do away with problems generally associated with hand-written land records like non-conformity of records between Dag Chitha and Jamabandi, inordinate delay in entering and amending records, inability to check records in time etc.
Computerisation of land records would make all the data transparent.
Mutation and demarcation can be done much faster.
Computerised back-up data would preserve all records even if there is a natural disaster like earthquake, fire etc, Dr Ratan asserted.