CS orders digitising all development authorities record

LAHORE: Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman has directed that the records of all development authorities be digitised on the pattern of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to provide better services to the people.

He gave this directive while presiding over a meeting to review the e-registry and land record digitisation project PULSE, at the Civil Secretariat here on Thursday. The chief secretary said that development authorities of Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan, and Gujranwala must be integrated with the PULSE project for digitisation of records.

He also issued instructions to the deputy commissioners of Narowal, Layyah, Okara and Pakpattan for expediting work on the PULSE project in their districts.

The chief secretary said that the e-registration system had been introduced for land transfer in the province and the manual registry was disallowed since January 1, across the province. He said that the e-registration system would prove to be a great service for the people as it would eradicate corruption in the revenue department.

The chief secretary said that e-registration centres would be established in all districts to facilitate e-registry and all services related to the Board of Revenue would be provided under one roof in these centres. He mentioned that initially e-registration centres were being set up in all the divisional headquarters. He asked the divisional commissioners to identify suitable places for these centres keeping in view the convenience of the people.

Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) Director General Saira Umar gave a detailed briefing at the meeting. She said that the land records of all the Mozas were scanned and data entry work was in progress. The Senior Member Board of Revenue, Secretary Housing and officers concerned attended the meeting while all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners participated through a video link.