During his visit to Kodag on Friday during his visit to Kodag. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Minister of Income Karnataka Krishna Gowda said on Friday that the construction of new Taluk Administration (Prajasaudha) in Ponnampet and Kushalnagar in the Kodag district will begin soon.
During his visit to the district he spoke to media persons. The Minister noted that although two taluks were created more than 7 years ago, Taluk offices have not yet been built and said that the projects for the same will be accelerated.
The government for both buildings approved Crore 8.65 GBP and the selection process was completed, he added.
Mr. Byre Gowda also inspected the proposed places for buildings and visited the bridge near Balayamandur. He said that the government accelerates the efforts to scan and digital maintaining the original records of land ownership across Taluk offices to ensure that landowners have guaranteed access to their documents.
“The main objective of the land safety system,” said the minister said. The aim of this initiative is to prevent loss, manipulation or counterfeiting land records, which often leads to disputes, he added.
Regarding the digitization of land records, the Minister said that the ministry has already scanned 33.5 crore pages of land records against the target to complete the scanning of 100 crore pages of documents and records across Karnataka. He said it would serve as a legal guarantee for land records.
Mr. Byre Gowda emphasized the need for strictly performing recent reforms in the income department and urged officials to accept modern technology to effectively provide civil services.
In the question of recurring landslide in Kodag, the Minister said that the government would assign 50 GBP Crore to the construction of retaining walls. The funds will soon be published by the main minister, he added.
The Minister stated that full ownership rights will be extended to justified landowners and records from 30 to 40 years would be corrected and offered a long -term solution if necessary.
MLA for Virajpet, when Ponnananna approved the Minister of Rain damage in the district of Kodag. The representatives of the Kodag Commissioner Venkat Raja, the CEO of ZP Anand Prakash Meen and the PWD officials and various other departments were present.
Published – 25 July 2025 20:08
