The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set up a special task force to safeguard its 1,078 properties across the city by year-end. The initiative, which began earlier this month, focuses on removing encroachments, marking boundaries, fencing properties, and securing ownership documents.
Since many properties lack official records, the revenue department team is also involved in document verification and legal protection. The drive is crucial as several MCC properties have been illegally occupied, sometimes by individuals with political influence.
MCC’s assets include 21 vacant sites, 375 commercial buildings, 76 community halls, and 36 other properties. To streamline the conservation effort, three special teams have been formed, consisting of zonal revenue officers, survey supervisors, revenue inspectors, and bill collectors. Each team is responsible for physically verifying and surveying at least 100 properties per month, covering all nine zones of MCC.
Encroachments found during inspections will be cleared, and properties will be digitized and geo-referenced under the Urban Property Ownership (UPOR) project, ensuring each asset receives a unique land identification number.
MCC Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) G.S. Somashekhar emphasized that the state government has enacted laws to safeguard municipal properties, mandating their protection. MCC Commissioner Sheikh Tanveer Asif noted that the drive will not only preserve public assets but also enhance revenue generation.
Former Mayor M. Shivakumar urged the city’s civic bodies to include all overlooked properties under MCC’s jurisdiction for conservation.
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