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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan Railways will complete the
computerization of its across country land record immediately after
Eid-ul-Fitr,an official in the Ministry of Railways told APP.
The hi tech land management system is aimed at evaluating
exact position of the department’s land situated across the country.
“A Land Record Management Information System (LRMS) is being
developed with the support of Urban Unit of the Punjab government
and an agreement has already been signed in this regard,” the
official added.
He said that it would be possible to inform about the
ownership, location and condition of the Pakistan Railways property
and land after the completion of the work.
“Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique is hopeful that
millions acres of railways land would be recovered after the
formation of system and transparency could be made in the matters of
land and property,” he remarked.
The official Railways is also struggling to win the “Title of
Land” in the name of the railways from the provinces and the work on
the project has already been under progress on the directions of the
Minister.
The work on “Title of Land” has almost been completed in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and authorities of other provinces are also being
contacted in this regard, he added.
To a question, he said the Pakistan Railways has also started
work on value auditioning of its land through a transparent system
and 300 shops are being developed with the investment of three
Pakistan Railways companies including PRACS, RAILCOP and REDAMCO.