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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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
