The state land use board under the land and land reforms department has completed digitization of zoning land in Hooghly, Howrah, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, East Midnapore and Murshidabad districts. The digitization of zoning North 24 Parganas will be completed soon. Also, the block wise land use maps of Malda, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling have been completed and zoning work is on.
The technical support for digitizing land zoning in six districts was provided by the state science and technology department and the centre’s NIC.
The block wise land use map shows single or double crop land, barren land, forest land, national and state highways, industrial areas, water bodies and areas under infrastructural development. The basic objective of marking such zones is to ensure future industrial and other big projects are set up in appropriate areas without endangering the state’s food security.
The state land use board was reconstituted on June 29, 2011 with chief minister as the chairperson and the chief secretary as deputy chairperson.