Chandigarh, June 14 -- Additional chief secretary Anurag Verma, who is incharge of the Punjab revenue department, said on Friday that the Easy Jamabandi portal has been launched to weed out corruption.

The portal, which provides five key services: Jamabandi via WhatsApp, online intkal (mutation), rapat entry, fard badar (correction of land records) and subscription for land record protection, was launched by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday.

At a press conference, Verma said for the past many years, patwaris had been ruling the roost and seeking bribes to provide revenue documents to property owners. "But now, with the system online, patwaris are left with no option but to...