Mysuru: The Mysuru district administration is preparing to clear encroachments on public properties—particularly lakes—in rural areas.At a meeting held on Wednesday with assistant commissioners, tahsildars, and land records and survey settlement officials, Mysuru additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Shivaraju directed officers to draw up a schedule to remove encroachments from govt land.With the govt requiring land for primary health centres, anganwadi centres, housing colonies, and other public projects, he instructed officials to prioritise identifying and clearing encroachments on govt property, demarcate boundaries, and fence the land to ensure it is reserved for public use.He also told tahsildars and other revenue officials to speed up efforts to clear lake encroachments. He directed officials to accelerate the ongoing pouthi khata issuance drive in villages. Revenue officers may verify land records at their level and issue pouthi khatas to eligible landowners, he said. He warned that he would conduct surprise inspections to review progress and take disciplinary action against officials delaying issuance of pouthi khatas.Shivaraju further instructed officials to complete the digitisation of land records under the Bhoo Suraksha Yojana across all taluks. Digitising all property categories—including A-khata and B-khata properties—and making them available online through the Bhoo Suraksha portal is essential, he said.He also directed officials to achieve 100% Aadhaar seeding with RTCs by the end of the fiscal year. Such measures, under the Bhoo Aadhaar project, help prevent fraudulent land transactions and provide ownership security to landholders, he added.He asked the officials to work efficiently, complete all works related to the revenue department, including ongoing works, clear pending land dispute cases, and providing solutions to people at their doorstep to avoid them visiting pillar to post. “If the officials solve problems at their local level, people will not raise complaints at the district level. Assistant commissioners and tahsildars must visit villages to inspect the progress achieved by their subordinate officials, he added.
