Guwahati: Assam government plans to implement Mission Basundhara from 2 October under which many public services including the updating of
land records online, land mutation, conversion etc are ensured. A preliminary meeting was organised in the city to discuss bottlenecks
and infrastructural problems, manpower, internet services in fringe areas etc.
Attending the State level conference of additional deputy commissioners (revenue), circle officers and circle officers
(attached) on Tuesday, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assured that all possible supports would be provided to the concerned
officers to implement the scheme in a time-bound manner. Saying that the government is targeting to facilitate the common
public to get their land related works done without coming to circle offices, Sarma stated that the mission would fast-track the process of
conversion of nearly four lakh ek-sonia into myadi-patta lands. “People will be able to apply online for land mutation, updating of
land records etc along with registering their grievances online. Mission Basundhara will fast-track the disposal of such cases barring
those with objections,” said Sarma adding that conducting of survey of non-cadastral villages is one of the prime objectives of the mission.
Emphasising on the complete digitisation of land records in Assam by December 2023, Sarma commented that middlemen must be eliminated from
the system and common public must be empowered to get their land related works done without hassle. In presence of State revenue minister Jogen Mohan, chief secretary Jishnu Baruah and other responsible government officers, Sarma made it loud and clear that Mission Basundhara has been brought to make the
functioning of circle offices clean and transparent without the visibility of middlemen and touts.
Assam bats for a corruption free system with Mission Basundhara
