C T Online Desk: Jan 05, 2022- Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury today hoped that no further land survey will be required once the Bangladesh Digital Survey (BDS) is conducted throughout the country.
“I hope BDS will be the last land survey (Cadastral Survey). Once the BDS is
completed across the country, no Cadastral Survey will be needed except
emerge of new land and chars,” he said.
The minister came up with the remarks while inaugurating the land services
through postal service, digital payment and call center at Bhumi Bhaban
auditorium in the city’s Tejgaon area, said a press release. During the
time, he also hoped that land management will be brought under the purview of
the digitalization in the coming days.
‘Khatiyan’ and map will be prepared automatically changing the land, so
that the people of the country will get rid of survey harassment, he added.
Apart from digitalization of land services, laws and rules are being
amended, he said, adding that under the Hat and Bazar Act, development work
will be done in the land jointly with the local municipality. Chairman of
the Standing Committee on Land Ministry Moqbul Hossain and Posts and
Telecommunications Division Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman, among others, were
present.
Secretary to the Ministry of Land Md Mostafizur Rahman presided over the
inaugural session while Land Management Domain Specialist of Land Management
Automation Project and former Chief Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad was present
there as guest of honor.
