Aftab Azmat, AnyTV, Dehradun
Published by: Vikas Kumar
Updated Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:26 AM IST
Summary
On the lines of cities like Hyderabad and Shimla, GIS ie Geographic Information System mapping of property has started in Uttarakhand too. Under the first phase, mapping is in the final stages in four cities Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani and Rudrapur.
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Expansion
On the lines of cities like Hyderabad and Shimla, GIS ie Geographic Information System mapping of property has started in Uttarakhand too. Under the first phase, mapping is in the final stages in four cities Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani and Rudrapur. Survey is yet to be done in some cantt areas here. After this, in the first phase, there will be GIS mapping of 10 more cities, including all corporations and municipalities of district headquarters (like Pithoragarh, Almora). The mapping will not only reveal the location of buildings but will also get information about illegal constructions and property tax evaders. In this, the encroachments on government land will also be known. This survey is being done by the World Bank project. In the second phase, survey for house tax will also be done in all the Nagar Panchayats.
One state, separate tax assessment system
At present, there are different systems of property tax assessment in the state. Large bodies including Doon, where the system of self-assessment has been adopted. At the same time, other bodies are collecting tax from the carpet area. Despite this, the collection of house tax in any body is not being done as per the expectations. Whereas property tax is an important basis of income of the bodies. Under the present system of tax assessment, there is also a large-scale political interference in it, but if the whole process is technical based, then it will not be possible to tamper with it.
everyone will get smart card
Under the scheme, geo-tagging of all residential and commercial buildings will be done by preparing a GPS map of the civic area. During the survey, all the buildings will be given a smart card with a unique ID number. In this ID, all the details including the photo of the building, size, covered area, landlord’s name, house number will be recorded. In future, people will be able to file housetax online with this ID only.
Property GIS ie Geographic Information System mapping has started in the state too. Under the first phase, mapping is in the final stages in Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani and Rudrapur. After this, GIS mapping of 10 more cities will be done in the first phase. – Ashok Kumar Pandey, Additional Director, Directorate of Urban Development