JAMMU: During a meeting with Revenue Department authorities held here today, District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya reviewed the status of digitising Jamabandis, the textual records of land ownership. The process for completing, freezing, and digitising the Jamabandis of every hamlet in the area was the main topic of discussion during the conference. The meeting was informed that, starting on January 23, the revised Jamabandis of every village would be gradually made public. The DM also urged the officers to publicise widely the advantages that the digitalized Jamabandis will offer the populace. It was reported that 908 Jamabandis in all had undergone extensive quality tests during the digitization process.The revenue officials’ efforts to finish the assignment were acknowledged by the DM. The DM gave the Tehsildars instructions to visit fields, use their Magisterial authority as best they could, and promptly address public complaints. Along with directing the Rural Development Department to implement MGNREGA, he also directed all responsible personnel to meet the program’s man-day target and make sure payments are paid on time. ADC Ansuya Jamwal, ADC Shishir Gupta, ACR Piyush Dhotra, ACD Preeti Sharma, SDMs, Tehsildars, and other relevant revenue department personnel attended the meeting.
