We are hopeful of completing the job and submitting the report within six months. 'We have been tasked with compiling data on the government's vacant land and come up with an integrated system that would allow the authorities easy access to the information. It would then integrate the data to, the state government's official website, to allow easy access to information across Odisha. Sources said Orsac would obtain data on vacant government land from the development authority and compile it in a single map. The GIS platform would ease the job and can give us instant information,' said the official. 'At present, the data is documented in papers and it often gets difficult to keep a track of the land. He said the GIS-based map would help them track and reclaim land in case of encroachments. This is a loss for the government since it could not undertake any project on its own land,' said a housing and urban development official.

'Encroachers have taken over many government land in and around the city. The bank will have data regarding location, measurement and status of land. The technology allows people to compare locations of various things and discover the relationship between each other. This enables users to analyse and understand patterns with relative ease. The GIS is a computer system that captures, stores, checks, and displays data related to positions on the Earth's surface, capable of showing various kinds of data on a single map. 22: The state government plans to develop a Geographic Informations System (GIS)-based land bank to track, maintain and protect its acres lying idle.Īccording to the project plan, the Odisha Space Application Centre (Orsac), in coordination with the housing and urban development and general administration departments and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority, will develop the land bank, which will be a GIS-based map.

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