DK Shivakumar announces property ownership drive in Bengaluru

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar announced ‘Nanna E-Khata Andolana’ at 50 centres across five city corporations in Bengaluru, a major property ownership drive aimed at correcting and regularising property records, saying the government had already rectified 23 lakh Khatas and enabled citizens to download their documents online. Shivakumar, who also holds the Bengaluru Development portfolio, said the state government had begun converting B-Khatas into A-Khatas and would organise special Khata camps every Saturday across corporation limits from May 16 to help citizens secure their property documents.

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A Khata is a legal document in Bengaluru certifying that a property complies with all local by-laws, regulations and has paid property taxes to the civic body. He said that every new application will be disposed of within 15 days. Owners with a ‘B’ khata property can avail of this historic opportunity to get ‘A’ khatas, he added.

(State Correspondent)