AHMEDABAD: A centrally assisted scheme to provide property cards to villagers by mapping their land using drone technology, has failed to take off in the state.

Information provided by the central government says that no drone flying has been undertaken in any of the villages of Gujarat so far and hence, no property cards have been issued under the new scheme to any farmer of the state.

In an unstarred question in the recent Lok Sabha session, Gujarat MP Mohanlal Kundariya sought to know the status of implementation of Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas (SVAMITVA) scheme in Gujarat.
Kundariya asked how may talukas had been selected under this scheme in Gujarat and the funds that have been allocated to the state under the SVAMITVA scheme.

He also sought details by when mapping of village areas will be complete, especially in the districts of Rajkot and Sabarkantha.

In reply, Union panchayati raj minister Kapil Moreshwar Patil said the scheme is to be implemented in all villages of Gujarat between 2021-22 to 2023-24.