LUCKNOW, April 4 -- The collectorate located in Qaiserbagh area in the state capital will get a new and ultra-modern record room soon. The 3-storeyed complex will be built near the canteen area. Also, all vital land and revenue records will be available at the click of the mouse and the age-old practice of physical issuance of desired documents will be discontinued. "The state government had sanctioned about Rs.4.99 crore for the construction of the record room. The construction work is likely to begin next month. Right now, we are in the process of digitising all the records related to revenue and land. So far we have digitised more than 15 lakh documents and the work is still in progress," said Lucknow district magistrate Vishak G. "Space crunch forced us to get a new record room. Many of our records are scattered in different offices at various tehsils. Our effort will be to bring them under one room. What happens today is when someone applies for a duplicate copy of certain records, it takes a lot of time to get it. Once all our records are digitised, it will be available to a person at the click of the mouse on a nominal payment basis," said an official privy to the development. For the last one year, Lucknow district administration has been digitising all available records related to land, vitals papers related to revenue. "Firearm related records will not be a part of this as it does not fall under this key vertical. The existing record room dates back to the 1960s. It's time to get a new record room which is essential with the changing times," the DM said....