E-Aasthi to be extended to all wards in core zones

Pilot in three wards was successful, say civic officials

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) pilot project to digitise property documents has been implemented successfully in three wards. The civic body is set to extend the E-Aasthi project to all the wards in the three core zones – South, East and West. The aim of the project, taken up first in Shantalanagar, Neelasandra and Shanthinagar wards in the East zone, is to sanitise revenue records, bring in transparency and accountability, apart from stamping out illegal transactions and cutting out middlemen. Confirming the development, BBMP’s Special Commissioner (Revenue) S. Basavaraj told The Hindu that by August 15, the project will be rolled out in the remaining 41 wards in the East zone. It would take another month to implement it in the remaining 56 wards in the South and West zone.