Goa a national outlier as other States embrace pilot project
PANAJIGoa has emerged as the only State in the country witnessing organised public resistance to the Centre's National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) project, even as the pilot initiative is being implemented across 26 States and three Union Territories with broad public participation despite concerns over transparency and implementation.The Union gov
Why so many documents? Homeowners question demand for fresh paperwork
MARGAOThe ongoing National Geospatial Knowledge-Based Land Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) survey has left many house and property owners puzzled over why they are being asked to produce a host of ownership-related documents when land survey records have been in the government's custody for decades.As survey personnel fan out across...
Drones on rooftops: A land survey that puts the burden on citizens
NAKSHA promises Goa its first fresh land record since the 1970s, but a survey officer cannot substitute for a civil court, and a public notice cannot substitute for finding the owner
NAKSHA SURVEY: WHY GOANS ARE WARY
Rolled out in Panaji, Margao and Cuncolim, the NAKSHA Survey exercise aims to digitise urban land records using GIS, drones and geospatial tools. Officials say the project will deliver comprehensive property cards, reduce disputes, and streamline urban planning. But the promise of transparency has triggered unease. Citizens fear intrusion, fraud, and coercion under tight deadlines. The clash between the government's modernisation pitch and public apprehensions has turned NAKSHA into one of Goa’s most closely watched land governance experiments
Implement reservations, avoid backlash: ST Mission warns BJP
Says Centre has enacted the law; State must now act
