Bihar Farmers’ Land Ends Up In Indian Ocean; Homeowners Of 45,000 Plots Shocked | India Information

A serious error has surfaced through the ongoing land survey in Bihar, the place the federal government is digitizing land data. In Ara district, the digital crop survey has mistakenly marked the situation of 45,000 plots hundreds of kilometers away within the Indian Ocean. This error has brought about panic amongst landowners, with a majority of the affected being farmers. The difficulty has been traced to inaccuracies within the DCS app utilized by the Agriculture Division.

The issue stems from technical glitches in latitude and longitude information. As a consequence of this error, tons of of acres of land in 14 blocks of Ara district are displaying up as situated 12,000 kilometers away within the Indian Ocean, close to Sri Lanka. The difficulty got here to mild when a plot’s location was checked for verification, and the app indicated its place within the Indian Ocean as an alternative of Ara.

Equally, a plot in Tenduni village of Bichla Jungle Mahal Panchayat, Jagdishpur block, was additionally recorded within the Indian Ocean. A number of different plots confirmed comparable discrepancies throughout verification. Plots with incorrect latitude and longitude information couldn’t be uploaded to the system.

The digital crop survey, which started on December 20, goals to gather scientific information on agricultural land to make sure that farmers obtain the advantages of presidency schemes. Nevertheless, this technical error has left 45,000 plot house owners unsure about their land data.