13.53L khasra entries made online in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, September 20

Jalandhar has become the first district to accomplish hundred percent e-girdawari of crops of last year’s Kharif season by making over 13.53 lakh khasra entries online within the stipulated timeframe.

DC Ghanshyam Thori said a mammoth exercise was initiated to achieve this Herculean task in the district wherein as many as 13,53,542 khasra numbers were made online. He said 59,540 khasra entries were made online in Mehatpur sub-tehsil, followed by 98,244 entries in Jalandhar-2, 1,61,865 in Shahkot, 96,301 in Goraya, 1,33,767 in Phillaur, 76,031 in Lohian, 1,41,764 in Nurmahal, 1,72,979 in Nakodar, 79,388 in Kartarpur, 1,17,465 in Jalandhar-1, 1,04,858 in Adampur, and 1,10,683 in Bhogpur tehsils/sub-tehsils, respectively.

The DC said while taking a step further in the direction of digitisation, the state government had ordered e-girdawari of crops for the kharif season of 2020. “Girdawari is a document, in which the patwari enters the name of owner, name of cultivator, land/khasra number, area, kind of land, cultivated and non-cultivated area, source of irrigation, name of crop and its conditions, revenue and rate of revenue, etc, minimum twice in a year.

“Several officials had been tasked with the responsibility of making girdawari online and hundred percent of records have been updated online within a given time-frame,” said DC Ghanshyam Thori.

Thori said the district administration had worked round-the-clock to ensure completion of this task within the due timeline so that the farm community was benefited. — TNS