Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt will issue special cards containing comprehensive details of landholdings to landowners in areas where the digital survey has been completed, revenue minister A P Anilkumar informed the assembly.The cards will contain all relevant information regarding each landowner’s property, the minister said on Thursday, adding that govt aims to ensure a comprehensive and complaint-free digital survey across the state.The second phase of the digital survey will begin on Nov 1 after addressing complaints related to the earlier exercise. More than 1.5 lakh complaints concerning the digital survey conducted during the previous govt’s tenure were pending when the present govt assumed office, prompting a decision to suspend the survey, he said.Govt had also cleared salary arrears of contractual employees engaged in the survey by allocating Rs 17.50 crore, the minister added.An AI-powered chatbot facility has been introduced on the ‘Ente Bhoomi’ portal to help people clarify doubts and obtain information related to the survey.The minister also said that steps to distribute land titles to landless people were progressing at a faster pace. Although govt had initially targeted the distribution of 5,000 land titles under its 100-day action programme, a total of 10,269 titles had been distributed so far.Decisions had been taken on 55,678 applications seeking land-use conversion, he said. Of the more than 1.5 lakh land record maintenance (LRM) complaints pending when govt took office, 70,000 had been resolved, the minister informed the assembly.
