Punjab property cards roll out in Mohali
- Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh on April 25 began distributing Punjab property cards for Lal Dora residential plots, handing documents to 205 residents in Thaska and Dairi villages in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar. - Singh said 160 cards went to Dairi residents and 45 to Thaska residents, covering people long living on village abadi land who can now seek legal ownership records. - The rollout sits inside Punjab’s Mera Ghar Mere Naam drive, which notifies villages to formalize abadi land records across districts including Mohali (abadirecords.punjab.gov.in)
Punjab has started handing out property cards for Lal Dora land in Mohali, with 205 residents in Thaska and Dairi villages receiving the documents on April 25. (indianexpress.com) Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh distributed 160 cards in Dairi and 45 in Thaska, according to The Indian Express. He said people occupying these properties can now move toward legal ownership records. (indianexpress.com) The land involved is Lal Dora land, the built-up village area historically left outside standard revenue demarcation. That gap has long made sale, mutation and proof of possession harder for residents. (indianexpress.com) (pib.gov.in) Punjab is running the exercise under Mera Ghar Mere Naam, a state revenue department portal for abadi records and property cards. The portal lists Mohali among districts where villages have been notified under the scheme. (abadirecords.punjab.gov.in 1) (abadirecords.punjab.gov.in 2) Property cards are meant to turn informal possession into a recorded right that can be shown to banks, buyers and government offices. The Union government’s SVAMITVA program uses the same model for village abadi areas, tying cards to fewer disputes and easier access to formal credit. (pib.gov.in 1) (pib.gov.in 2) Nationally, the Centre told Parliament in January that 3.06 crore property cards had been prepared across 1.86 lakh villages under SVAMITVA. Punjab’s Mohali rollout follows that wider push to convert village-house records into documented titles. (pib.gov.in) For Mohali residents in these two villages, the immediate change is narrower but concrete: a paper record for homes many families already occupy. The state’s next test is whether more notified villages in Mohali and other districts move from notification to card distribution. (indianexpress.com) (abadirecords.punjab.gov.in)
