New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday said the Centre has approved a ₹ 65-crore project to modernise survey and mapping of properties in unauthorised colonies, a move expected to give a fresh push to the implementation of the PM-UDAY scheme.
The project, Delhi Revenue and Imaging Survey, Spatial Technology Initiative (DRISHTI), will establish a GIS and geospatial-based survey system. It will also set up dedicated PM-UDAY cells in all 13 districts and a cell at the Revenue Department headquarters, according to the chief minister’s office (CMO).
Chief minister Rekha Gupta said the project would make survey, mapping and documentation of properties more transparent, systematic and time-bound.
However, if procurement is done through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), the full amount may be released in a single instalment, the CMO said. The scheme is being implemented jointly by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Delhi government’s revenue department and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. This will give officials a spatial record of properties and help them verify applications, identify boundary or overlapping claims and track the processing of property-rights cases. District-level PM-UDAY cells are also expected to bring the process closer to applicants and reduce dependence on fragmented manual documentation.
The project will cost ₹ 65 crore. Of this, ₹ 52 crore will be provided as a grant from the Urban Development Fund (UDF) of the Union housing and urban affairs ministry. The remaining ₹ 13 crore will be contributed by the government’s revenue department, which will implement the project. The ₹ 52-crore central grant will normally be released in four instalments. Earlier reporting noted: Under DRISHTI (Delhi Revenue and Imaging Survey, Spatial Technology Initiative), PM-UDAY cells will be set up in all 13 districts, besides a branch at the revenue department headquarters, to facilitate implementation at the local level.
Officials said the system aims to speed up the survey and documentation process under PM-UDAY, which seeks to provide ownership rights to residents of notified unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The government said the technology-based survey and mapping would strengthen the implementation mechanism and improve coordination among agencies handling property-related claims. Earlier reporting noted: Chief minister Rekha Gupta said the technology-driven initiative would make property surveys, mapping and documentation more transparent, systematic and time-bound. “The project is expected to help streamline the process through which residents seek legal recognition and property rights over their homes in unauthorised colonies,” CM said.
Earlier reporting noted: A GIS-based system that will be established under this initiative will help create a digital map of properties in PM-UDAY colonies, linking each mapped property with relevant survey and documentation details.
