As part of its ongoing reforms under the Shahari Sudhar Karyakram in urban local bodies (ULBs), Sagar Smart City Ltd (SSCL), one of the seven smart cities of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, is planning to extend drone-based GIS mapping and multi-purpose household survey (MPHS) for 2D/3D maps, digital door numbers and digital street numbers in the city.
“The SSCL has undertaken a pilot survey in one of the wards of the Sagar Municipal Corporation (Sagar Nagar Nigam) recently. The corporation team is satisfied with the results. Based on the outcome, we have decided to extend the survey to the remaining wards of the city,” SSCL Chairman Deepak Singh was quoted as saying.
The SSCL has engaged drone technology for the second time in Sagar. It had earlier used drones to prepare the Area Based Development (ABD) master plan for the first time in the country.
The Madhya Pradesh government has initiated a new scheme, Shahari Sudhar Karyakram (SSK), to implement reforms in the state’s urban local bodies (ULBs). In addition, to increase property tax (PT), the state intends to undertake a property tax registry (PTR) based on GIS and multi-purpose household survey (MPHS) and their integration/migration with an e-NagarPalika project, a centralized web-based solution to computerize all cities across the state.
Under the SSK scheme, the SSCL has called for a tender inviting the services of eligible organizations for the implementation of GIS-based property tax and survey, to prepare the base and 2D/3D map, digital door numbering (DDN) and provide support for city enterprises’ GIS platform for Sagar City for three years, added Singh.
The GIS-based system can provide efficient collection, tracking and management of local government and municipal fees.
