In 107 days, BBMP issues 1.25 lakh final e-khatas in Bengaluru

BBMP issues 1.25 lakh final e-khata in 107 days, aims to digitize 22 lakh properties for transparency.

In about 107 days, since the rollout of the faceless, contactless and online e-khata issuance system, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued 1.25 lakh final e-khata to the property owners.

The www.bbmpeAasthi.karnataka.gov.in website has also recorded downloads of about 12 lakh draft khatas. 

The BBMP launched e-khata on October 1 when the state government made this digital document mandatory for registration of properties across the state. According to the BBMP, the e-khata system, which initially saw slow progress, has picked up pace gradually. The BBMP has digitised more than 22 lakh properties for the large scale programme that aims to end corruption and bring in transparency. 

The BBMP has also launched another website - https://bbmp.karnataka.gov.in/newkhata - for obtaining new e-khata for owners who do not have manual e-khata. There are about 5 lakh such properties in the city. The aim of the BBMP is to bring such properties under the tax net.

BBMP Special Commissioner (Revenue), Munish Moudgil, talking to The Hindu said that at present, every day, the civic body is issuing 3,000-4,000 e-khatas. “Till January 15, we have issued 1.25 lakh final e-khata and more than 12 lakh drafts have been downloaded. We are encouraging more property owners to download drafts and secure e-khata.” 

Mr. Moudgil said in a day or two, the civic body will send out text messages and will call property owners (tax payers) asking them to download the draft and get the final e-khata. The BBMP now has the data base and those who have already secured final e-khata will be excluded from this exercise. 

Although recently the BBMP has disabled blanket rejection options except for impersonation of property records, on the ground it appears to have little effect, multiple people are still complaining about rejection of final e-khata over name mismatch.