"Plan to digitise forest boundaries to address land disputes"

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: The Telangana Forest Department Sunday said it planned to take up digitisation of forest boundaries like in Karnataka and Odisha to address disputes pertaining to forest land in several areas.
The disputes revolve around whether the particular area was forest land or revenue land, Telangana Principal Chief Conservator of Forests P K Jha said.
He said the government has taken feeback from Karnataka, which has done geo-referencing of their forest boundaries and Odisha, which has taken up a massive programme to digitise forest boundaries
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First Published: Jul 14 2019 | 8:25 PM IST