New Delhi: Centre has approved the ‘DRISHTI’ project for implementation of PM-UDAY scheme for unauthorised colonies, a move that seeks to provide fresh momentum to providing property rights to residents of Delhi’s unauthorised colonies.
Under DRISHTI (Delhi Revenue and Imaging Survey, Spatial Technology Initiative), PM-UDAY cells will be set up in all 13 districts, besides a branch at the revenue department headquarters, to facilitate implementation at the local level.
Of the total project cost, Rs 52 crore (80%) will be provided by Urban Development Fund of the Union housing and urban affairs ministry, while Rs 13 crore (20%) will be contributed by Delhi’s revenue department, which will implement the project.
Chief minister Rekha Gupta said the technology-driven initiative would make property surveys, mapping and documentation more transparent, systematic and time-bound. “The project is expected to help streamline the process through which residents seek legal recognition and property rights over their homes in unauthorised colonies,” CM said. CM Gupta said the project was aimed not merely at issuing property documents but at providing legal security of homes and property rights to lakhs of families living in unauthorised colonies, while reducing delays faced by eligible residents in securing their rights.
A GIS-based system that will be established under this initiative will help create a digital map of properties in PM-UDAY colonies, linking each mapped property with relevant survey and documentation details. This will give officials a spatial record of properties and help them verify applications, identify boundary or overlapping claims and track the processing of property-rights cases. District-level PM-UDAY cells are also expected to bring the process closer to applicants and reduce dependence on fragmented manual documentation.