Computerisation of Railways land record soon

Islamabad

Pakistan Railways will complete the computerisation of its land record across country immediately after Eidul 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 of 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.