Chandigarh, April 28 — Haryana’s citizens will soon have easy, online access to digitally recorded land plots, marking a major shift from manual processes that have long depended on revenue officials and middlemen.
The Nayab Singh Saini-led government has fast-tracked the Haryana Large Scale Mapping Project (HaLSMP), an ambitious initiative aimed at revolutionising land record management through technology.
The project, slated for completion by the 2025-26 fiscal year, will bring significant changes to land demarcation and record-keeping. The state government has already selected 22 pilot villages for digitising revenue maps, with 440 additional villages identified for the next phase.
“On the directions of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, 440 more villages (20 in each district) have now been identified for the next phase of the digitisation project. The aim is to complete the project by integrating the data on to the Bhu-Naksha portal by 2025-26,” said Sumita Misra, Financial Commissioner, Revenue (FCR).
Once fully implemented, the HaLSMP will ensure that every plot of land in Haryana is clearly demarcated, digitally recorded, and easily accessible through a centralised online portal.
This will allow citizens to view and verify land boundaries from the comfort of their homes, simplifying property transactions, reducing disputes, and speeding up land registrations and mutations.
“It will lead to fewer disputes, smoother land registrations, and faster mutations,” Misra added.
Historically, land demarcation in Haryana relied on manual methods using traditional tools like chains, tapes, and revenue maps, known as “tatimas.”
These methods often resulted in inaccuracies and overlapping claims, leading to frequent disputes. Manual records were also prone to tampering and difficult to update.
The digitisation of land records aims to eliminate these challenges by providing an accurate, publicly accessible, and tamper-proof system.
To facilitate this, the state has invested in 300 rovers for precise land marking, supported by 19 continuously operating reference stations (CORS).
The project, implemented in collaboration with the Survey of India, integrates satellite imagery, drone-based surveys, and high-resolution CORS for geo-referencing.
“This combination of technologies enables us to generate accurate geospatial data that can be overlaid on cadastral maps to identify discrepancies, boundaries, and encroachments,” an officer explained.
The updated cadastral maps, which are being validated through fieldwork and village-level verification, will be integrated with the Bhu-Naksha portal for public access.
Initially focused on mapping rural areas under the Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA), the project now covers all agricultural land and properties within urban local bodies across Haryana’s 44,212 square km area.
