2025-02-23
A living owner marked as deceased in Delhi. Only those names in old land records included in this scheme in Gujarat. Villages protesting against the drone survey in Jharkhand — experiences have been varied, and ppl's relationship with common lands is not reflected.
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A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out landholdings using drones in 300K+ villages as of January 2025, as concerns mount over errors
The Svamitva scheme seeks to use drones to map out landholdings in inhabited rural areas. But so far, work has been opaque and riddled with errors. X: @scroll_in , @scroll_in , @s...
🚨New! Across villages, people noted drones flying over their lands. Some knew why, many did not. @knowleena and I reported from Delhi, Gujarat, and Jharkhand to find that the Svamitva scheme, meant to map rural areas and prove ownership, is riddled with errors
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A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out landholdings using drones in 300K+ villages as of January 2025, as concerns mount over errors
The Svamitva scheme seeks to use drones to map out landholdings in inhabited rural areas. But so far, work has been opaque and riddled with errors. X: @scroll_in , @scroll_in , @s...