Huge first step taken
Beginning today, city dwellers can each get a printed copy of a mauza map for Tk 310 from the land office in the capital's Tejgaon in just 15 minutes.
In the past, it used to cost at least Tk 1,000 to get a photocopy of the map from the same office and that, too, would take at least 10 days.
Already, all the maps have been uploaded on the website (www.dlrs.gov.bd) as part of the government's land digitisation project. The website contains related information about land and land survey, but the maps are password protected.
For the moment, the service is available only in the capital. People in other districts will get the service once the land ministry buys 19 digital printing machines for its as many zonal offices, officials said.
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif launched the website yesterday.
At the programme, the minister reminded officials about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "zero tolerance" stance on corruption.
“Those who are corrupt will end up in dustbins at the end of the day. Corruption in the land ministry has to stop,” he said, adding that officials would be held responsible for any graft in the ministry.
He also warned against abusing the law and making people suffer on various excuses.
The minister, along with his deputy Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and Secretary Shafiul Islam, yesterday visited the Directorate of Land Record and Survey (DLRS) for the first time since taking office in January.
Abdul Mannan, director general of the DLRS, made a presentation of the various successes of the land ministry and the land digitisation project.
“If we can implement all these projects, corruption and land disputes will be reduced by 60 to 70 percent,” the DG said.
He referred to a lack of manpower and other resources as principal reasons behind project delays.
The land ministry is implementing six projects, including computerisation of ledgers, access to land rights and information and digital land survey.
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