President Shavkat Mirziyoyev convened a meeting on October 27 to discuss the sensible utilization of land resources, improved land registration, and providing cadastral services. To modernize the sector, the Cadastre Agency was given a particular aircraft and an aerial camera, and 112 drones were used for topographic measurements. Moreover, 6 information systems and a data center were launched to digitalize the industry.
As a result, electronic maps of 96 percent of lands have been created in the past three years, 40 million hectares of land were registered, and the cadastral system covers 790 thousand new and 520 thousand previously unregistered buildings. This brought a source of budget revenue for 1.1 trillion UZS. Additionally, 425 thousand hectares of land were distributed among 675 thousand residents and farmers as a result of cadastral registration of 1.2 million hectares of agricultural land held in reserve.
However, there is still much to be accomplished in this area. For instance, cadastres have not been formalized for 146 thousand kilometers of internal roads and adjacent territories. Similarly, out of 827 thousand hectares of water fund lands, only 380 thousand hectares have cadastral documents. An instruction was given to complete the compilation of the cadastre of road and water resources and create conditions for their use.
It was also proposed to change the category of 817 thousand hectares of land, which have been used for housing for many years, but according to documents, remain agricultural land. Moreover, an estimated 2.4 million households in the country lack property documents. Without registration of the cadastre, they are limited in their economic rights. To address this issue, the task has been set to complete the development of a draft law on granting ownership rights to unregistered housing.
The Head of state emphasized the need for increasing the volume and quality of cadastral services, training qualified personnel, harmonizing the industry with science, and paying particular attention to digitalization.