Amaravati, January 2:With the aim of minimizing revenue-related problems in the state, the government is distributing new pattadar passbooks with the state emblem in villages where the resurvey has been completed, from January 2nd to 9th. Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand instructed the district collectors to personally supervise this distribution program to ensure its smooth conduct. On Friday, he held a video conference with the district collectors from the state secretariat on issues related to railway underbridges, railway overbridges, pending land acquisition cases related to railways, distribution of pattadar passbooks, positive public perception, and document upload agents.
On this occasion, the Chief Secretary said that the distribution of new pattadar passbooks with the state emblem has been undertaken in place of the old pattadar passbooks. He stated that this passbook distribution program will be conducted every month for a year, and these new pattadar passbooks will be provided to every farmer who owns land. Therefore, he directed the district collectors to personally monitor the distribution of these passbooks and ensure that the distribution takes place in the presence of local public representatives. He said that appropriate instructions have already been issued to the districts through the Revenue Department. The Chief Minister will also be participating in the pattadar passbook distribution program in the districts, the Chief Secretary added.
Subsequently, Chief Secretary Vijayanand directed the Collectors to expedite land acquisition for various railway projects and for the construction of Road Over Bridges (ROBs) and Road Under Bridges (RUBs) in place of railway level crossings.
He stated that the central government is taking steps to eliminate all railway level crossings in a phased manner and replace them with railway overbridges or underbridges, and therefore efforts are being made to construct the necessary ROBs and RUBs.
Speaking virtually at the meeting, Special Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department, G. Sai Prasad, discussed the distribution of pattadar passbooks. He said that in the villages where the resurvey has been completed in the state, 23 lakh new pattadar passbooks with the state emblem have already been printed and their distribution began on Friday. He stated that the government is working with the goal of completing the resurvey process by the end of this year, and all farmers in the villages where the resurvey is completed will be provided with new pattadar passbooks, and this process will continue every month. Sai Prasad clarified to the Collectors that they should collect the old pattadar passbooks from the farmers and distribute the new ones, and that special instructions will be issued on how to render the old books invalid.
Therefore, he directed the Collectors to personally supervise the distribution of passbooks and entrust full responsibility to the Joint Collectors. Regarding the collection of water tax, he instructed that instead of resorting to coercive collection from farmers, they should be persuaded to ensure proper collection.
Speaking at this meeting, the Special Chief Secretary of the State Roads and Buildings Department, M.T. Krishnababu, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to eliminate railway level crossings (LCs) across the country and construct railway overbridges or railway underbridges in their place. He said that this is a great opportunity for the state to get railway overbridges and underbridges sanctioned wherever needed. He stated that there are still 766 railway level crossings in the state, of which 329 are on R&B roads, 319 are along Panchayat Raj roads, and the rest are on other roads. He informed that 363 ROBs and RUBs have already been sanctioned, and another 403 need to be sanctioned.
The IT Secretary K. Bhaskar, RTGS CEO Prakhar Jain, and Director I&PR K.S. Viswanathan participated in this video conference. Also, Collectors from various districts and railway engineers participated virtually.
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