Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Land, A.S.M. Saleh Ahmed said, Our main goal is to ensure more modern and up-to-date land services than before without any kind of harassment, suffering and corruption.

The Ministry of Land has taken a new effort to ensure that the people can receive all land-related services from home through digital technology.

He said these things while speaking as the chief guest at the Stakeholder Conference on Land Management Reforms held at the Chittagong Circuit House on Thursday (December 5) morning.

The Automated Land Administration and Management System (ALAMS) conference was organized by the Ministry of Land in collaboration with the Chittagong Divisional Commissioner’s Office.

He also said that as a result of the student-public movement, a new interim government has been formed in the country. The current government has started new reform activities in every sector to liberate the people from the previous situation and run the country smoothly.

In continuation of this, the Ministry of Land has started a new reform program in land services to prevent harassment. Land development tax, mutation, paper or khatian and design are in demand by the people.
Land development tax not only increases the government’s revenue, those who pay land development tax get a receipt and it is necessary for ownership.

The senior secretary said that earlier, the desired services of the people regarding land were not ensured. To resolve land inconsistencies, a proper survey and survey of each land is required. For this, if a digitized survey can be completed across the country, the original ownership of the land will be 100% accurate. For this purpose, the Department of Land Records and Survey is working at the field level in a modern method. There are 62 mouzas in a project of the Chittagong City Corporation. The people will benefit if they can be digitized through a pilot project. Once the land mutation occurs after applying online with your own mobile number, the land owner will be able to collect the paper or khatian from home and pay the land tax online, and there is no need to go to the land office for this. Our aim is to ensure citizen services related to land.

Speaking as a special guest, Moniruzzaman, Director General of the Department of Land Records and Survey, said that the Ministry of Land and the Department of Land Records and Survey have jointly started reform work to inform the people of all walks of life to further simplify land services.

The officers and employees of the land office are determined to ensure the desired services of the people. From now on, by using information technology, the people will be able to receive 14 land services through apps without harassment and suffering from sitting at home.

To this end, the Ministry and the Department of Land Records and Survey are continuing their activities nationwide. Our main goal is to create a map through plot to plot survey and create a land khatian in the name of the real owner. After this activity is completed, if you have internet access, you will be able to view all land-related matters from home.

In the chairman’s speech, Chittagong Divisional Commissioner Dr. Md. Zia Uddin said that necessary initiatives will be taken to ensure the desired land services of the people without any kind of harassment, suffering and corruption. Surveillance will be increased so that no one suffers while receiving land services. To ensure corruption and harassment-free services, the employees of the republic will have to work with integrity and efficiency.

Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Land Md. Emdadul Haque Chowdhury and Joint Secretary Zahid Hossain Panir presented the main paper on land management reforms. Chittagong Deputy Commissioner Farida Khanam, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Land Amjad Hossain, Deputy Secretary Selim Ahmed, Deputy Secretary ATM Azharul Islam, Private Secretary to the Senior Secretary (Deputy Secretary) Md. Abu Haris Mia, EDLMS Project Deputy Project Director-2 Masudur Rahman Molla, District Additional Superintendent of Police ANM Wasim Firoz, Chittagong Metropolitan BNP Convener Ershad Ullah, and many others.