From July 1, e-Khata must for building plan approval in Bengaluru
Rao said BBMP currently provides online building plan approval through the EoDB-OBPS software. To streamline processes, efforts are under way to integrate the EoDB-OBPS online software used by the Town Planning department for building plan approvals with the e-Aasthi system used by the Revenue department for issuing e-khatas.
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