Thousands of farmers in Bihar were shocked when their farmlands were mistakenly listed as being in the Indian Ocean—at least on paper.
Over 45,000 landowners in Bihar's Ara district discovered that their plots, which are firmly on land, were officially recorded as being located somewhere in the middle of the ocean.
This issue arose during the Bihar government's effort to digitise land records through a mobile app used for crop surveys, known as the digital crop survey (DCS) app.
What went wrong: The problem was caused by a technical glitch in the DCS app used by the Agriculture Department.
According to a district agriculture officer, the error occurred because of a problem in the smartphones of some personnel involved in the state-wide digital crop survey.
“The mistake happened during the survey in Jangal Mahal panchayat in Jagdishpur block, where farmland data in the app showed certain plots were 6,500 km away in the Indian Ocean,” said Shatrughan Shahu, District Agriculture Officer (DAO) of Bhojpur. He explained that the glitch was due to an issue with the mobile phone settings, which was quickly fixed after updating the settings.
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About the digital crop survey: The digital crop survey is being conducted to create a detailed record of the crops grown across the state during various agricultural seasons.
So far, officials have surveyed crop details from 1.15 lakh agricultural plots, with over 300 officials involved in the project. The data gathered will provide the state agriculture department with in-depth information on crop patterns at a local level.
This information will help market agricultural produce, provide crop insurance for farmers in case of disasters like floods or droughts, and support the development of new policies.
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