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December 2011

BMC to make digital records of properties

By Raman Jokhakar, Mukesh Trivedi
Hon. Jt. Secretaries
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To help it calculate property tax better, the civic body is planning to create geolocation-mapped digital records of constructions in the city. The project envisages using high-speed digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to develop a 360-degree map, which can also be used to detect illegal constructions.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has chosen N ward, comprising Ghatkopar and parts of Vikhroli, for the pilot project. It will be implemented by a private agency. (Source : Hindustan Times, dated 3-11-2011)

(Comment: One has to wait and watch the progress of the Project as BMC is deeply mired in corruption at all levels. The vested interests shall attempt to scuttle, delay and sabotage the Project.)

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