Rajkot Municipal
Corporation (RMC) has decided to give unique property identification number
(PID) for every the property in the city as part of urban reforms.
It has already
introduced system of e-governance using IT application which include GIS
(geographical information system) and MIS (management of information system)
for various services.
Rajkot is the first
city in Gujarat where all the city infrastructure and municipal services is
being made available through GIS - MIS interface.
Under the GIS mapping
taken up, every property including dwelling units, commercial &
institutional buildings, falling under the jurisdiction of RMC has been
surveyed and mapped such that all the information regarding the building its
units was available in a database including photograph of the property.
RMC town planning
officer Mr. B.H. Rupani told, "By using the data on a random sample basis
our property tax collection has increased from Rs. 120 crore per annum to Rs.
160 crore in past 2 years, a rise of 33 %. There would be huge gains in
property tax collection once we complete the survey & ground verifications
of all the properties in the city"
Special survey squads
will go door to door to further validate & finalize all data related to
properties mapped through GIS.
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