The State Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy held a meeting to review the progress of the Digital India land record modernisation programme at the secretariat here on Thursday. The task of digitisation is currently underway as part of a pilot project in Pauri and Almora districts of the state. It was stated in the meeting that 8003 cadastral maps in Pauri and 17054 in Almora have to be digitised. Till now, 3766 maps in Pauri and 1585 in Almora have been digitised and verified. Officials also informed in the meeting that for the purpose of modernisation, modern record rooms had been made in the Tehsils of these districts. Of the offices of 50 sub registrar officer (SRO), 48 had been computerised and their inter-connectivity had also been facilitated. The task of MES updation is presently underway in the pilot districts of Pauri and Almora. For data entry related to non-ZA cases, a software had been prepared and the task of data entry had been complete. The target date for provision of related information on line has been set for October 31, 2017. Officials also informed in the meeting that the National Informatics Centre was undertaking the integration of land records software. Proposal for 11 districts of the state under the Digital India land record modernisation programme had been sent to the government of India, said officials. The secretary of revenue, Harbansh Singh Chugh, revenue council secretary SN Pandey and other senior officials concerned were also among those present in the meeting.