Dantewada County in India adopts Avalanche blockchain to store 700,000 land records
ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Dantwada district administration in Chhattisgarh, India, announced on March 6 that it has digitized over 700,000 land records dating back to the 1950s through the land records office and stored them on the Avalanche blockchain to ensure transparency and prevent tampering. The project is implemented in collaboration with the Indian blockchain startup LegitDoc by Zupple Labs.Dantwada district collector Mayank Chaturvedi stated, "For decades, our citizens have faced severe delays in accessing land records, with verification sometimes taking weeks. By digitizing these records and securing them on the blockchain, we ensure they are easily accessible and tamper-proof."As part of the initiative, the government has installed information kiosks in each ward of the town, where citizens and government officials can access land information. LegitDoc CEO Neil Martis stated that the application is a permissioned app, and records can be accessed through the ward-level revenue officers. The system allows users to search land properties, download and view digitized records on the blockchain, and verify smart contracts associated with digital documents through Avalanche Explorer.