Along with other computerization of records, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) had begun with the digitalization of its properties from this year. Till date the NMC
has digitalized around 3.25 lakh properties so far recording an
addition of 18000 new properties and officials inform that the rest of
the properties will be digitalized shortly. This is part of the NMC’s
plan to make the system more effective and transparent.

An NMC
official said that many properties that have not been registered so far
but will soon be added to the list. “The number of unregistered
properties will reduce as a result of this and gradually such cases will
be under control. Many irregularities can be checked through this,” he
said. Commenting on the installation of over five lakh set top boxes in
the city,

He also said that the digitalization system would
bring to the fore all the registered and unregistered properties and
consequently the exact number of properties in the city will be
recorded.

He said that it would take a few months to complete
digitalization of the entire city’s properties but could not mention the
exact period when it would be completed. “We are trying to complete it
soon but new properties keep getting added. The addition of 18,000 new
properties in a matter of few months shows the rapid growth of the
city,” he said.

“Digitalization of properties will also help in
making the tax recovery system more effective and increase the revenue
of NMC through property tax,” he added.

Apart from this the NMC
has also undertaken digitalization of service books of all municipal
employees this year and the project is expected to be completed within
the next 2-3 months.