Our Correspondent
Multan
Multan Development Authority (MDA) will issue smart cards to its clients for preserving property documentation for good under digitization. As many as 1500 files have been digitilized of total 23000 so far and the process will be accomplished in different phases.
The idea was floated in 2009 while State and Land Management deptt of MDA has initaited the project in on October 3 last year which was tenders were invited through national dailies for bidding. Committees were constituted for opening of tenders and after a transparent bidding, a company named Horizon technically qualified. The company recommended Rs 6500 for each file wherein Rs 150 would be MDA fee in its financial bid followed by a contract signed in February this year between MDA.