Chandigarh, June 3 -- The NAKSHA (National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations) pilot programme in Chandigarh has mapped more than 13,000 properties across urban sectors and villages, marking a step towards a (geographic information system) GIS-based digital land record system in the Union Territory.

Implemented by the department of land resources (DoLR), government of India, the project aims to modernise land administration by linking ownership records with geospatial data.

In Chandigarh's sectors, the programme has achieved near-complete coverage under its Map-2 phase. Out of 6,647 identified properties, 6,642 (99.92%) have been surveyed, ground-truthed and linked with record of rights (RoR). The exercise in se...