Lucknow, March 13 -- To curb disputes, fraud, and forgery related to land and property in Uttar Pradesh, the recent cabinet decision could bring a major change in the coming time.

The implementation of a mandatory verification system for ownership rights and related documents of land property before the registry is being seen as a new beginning towards making land transactions safer and more transparent.

This decision will also help break the backbone of land mafias while protecting people's hard-earned money from being lost.

Officials here on Friday said in many cases of buying and selling land, some problem or another often emerges. After the registry is completed, buyers sometimes discover that the land is disputed, someone else has a...