As many as 1,062 title deeds will be distributed in the second district-level ‘pattaya mela’ to be held in April.
This was announced by Revenue Minister K. Rajan, who added that 125 acres of surplus land with the Punalur Paper Mills would be acquired and 721 families, currently residing there, would be given title deeds.
“The digital resurvey will begin in April and ₹807 crore has been set aside for the project,” he said at a meeting held in Kollam on Tuesday. An initial amount of ₹339 crore had been sanctioned for the first phase. Resurvey of 12 villages in Punalur, Karunagappally, Kollam and Pathanapuram taluks in the district would be completed within the first six months. A total of 1,500 surveyors and 3,200 helpers would be appointed on contract basis across the State for survey work.
