Bhopal: The city is arming its land administration with live satellite feeds, digital mapping and real-time alerts in a push to protect roughly 32,000 acres of govt land from encroachment, ending a project that has been in the works for the past 12 years.The system will give authorities a continuous view of public land parcels across the city, raising automatic alerts when suspicious activity is detected. Those alerts will be routed to SDMs and BMC officials, who will cross-check the information with patwaris, ward officers and TNCP before dispatching teams for field action.City records show Bhopal holds about 32,000 acres of public land. Of this, around 22,250 acres are in parcels larger than one acre and 9,490 acres in smaller plots. Officials acknowledge that clearing encroachments on the larger tracts will be particularly difficult, but say the new technology will make the task considerably more manageable.Because satellite data can be reviewed remotely, many disputes are expected to be identified and preliminarily assessed without site visits — cutting delays and freeing staff for enforcement work on the ground.The system also includes precision surveying using DGPS machines to fix disputed boundaries. Once accurate limits are established, authorities plan to install wire fencing and other physical barriers to prevent fresh incursions.Satellite archives will be used to locate long-forgotten government parcels and build an up-to-date land register, reducing ownership confusion and speeding up allocations for public projects and institutions.Officials say the technology will not only speed up eviction of illegal structures but help catch encroachments early, before small incursions harden into entrenched settlements. Existing encroachments — including some slum clusters — are expected to be cleared, with the administration saying affected residents will be moved to alternative sites.