Thiruvananthapuram: No more disputes with neighbours over land boundaries. A digital sketch of each landholder's property will now be attached to the title deed. If it can't be added to the title deeds, the revenue records will include the sketch.

This initiative will first be implemented in sub-registrar offices under the jurisdiction of the four villages that have completed their digital survey in Kottayam, Thrissur, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts. Once the digital survey is completed, it will be applied across the entire state.

Currently, a property sketch is drawn during title deed registration if necessary, which may not always be accurate. The new method will ensure that the correct boundary and shape of the land are included in new title deeds and other documents. The government aims to complete property mutation on the day of registering the title deeds, with the digital image helping to make the land map accurate.

The draft notification of the digital reserve will allow landowners to check and correct any mistakes, preventing future complaints. The Revenue and Local Government Departments have decided to collaborate, ensuring the draft document appears on the 'Ente Bhoomi' portal of the Revenue Department, with full participation from the Local Self-Government Department.

Landowners in villages where the digital survey is completed can raise complaints against the notification under the Survey Boundary Act through the 'Ente Bhoomi' portal. A camp office for the survey team will be established in panchayats to facilitate the digital survey and correct any errors in the notification.