BBMP launches doorstep e-khata service via Janasevaka scheme
Bengaluru: Bengaluru property owners can now apply for e-khata from home through the Janasevaka scheme, with government-appointed officials assisting for a nominal fee of ₹160.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with the Directorate of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services (DEDCS) has deployed 91 Janasevakas to offer this doorstep service. This facility is designed for senior citizens and others who may find digital platforms difficult to navigate.
To avail this facility appointment can be booked by calling 080-49203888 or visiting janasevaka.karnataka.gov.in.
Applicants are advised to keep their documents and details ready during the Janasevaka’s visit. The documents required are Aadhaar card, property tax receipt, sale deed or registered deed, BESCOM application number, and a recent photograph of the property.
The service charges include ₹45 for the e-khata application, ₹5 per page for scanning and uploading documents, and ₹15 as a doorstep service fee. Excluding scanning charges, the total comes to ₹160.
BBMP Special Commissioner Munish Moudgil stated that e-khatas are usually issued within three days and in most cases, even within a single day. He added that apartment complexes can organise bulk e-khata melas through the Janasevaka service if required.
So far, about five lakh e-khatas have been issued, though Bengaluru has over 20 lakh properties.
However, the service does not handle complex cases like name mismatches or correction requests, which often get delayed. To address such delays, the BBMP is working on an automated system that would reassign pending applications from one Assistant Revenue Officer (ARO) to another, and may soon direct cases to AROs with better clearance records.
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Karnataka to witness heavy rain for next 10 days
Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.
The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."
With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.
Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.
According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.
The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.
