The South and East corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) are expected to face a shortage of enumerators for the ongoing Social and Educational survey, the deadline for which has been extended by the State government till October 31, as the survey is progressing slow, specifically in the GBA limits.
To address this, the government, as recommended by the corporation commissioners, is planning to reallocate enumerators from other GBA corporations where staffing levels are higher or survey coverage has been comparatively better.
The shortage is mainly because a majority of the enumerators in these two corporations are school teachers, who will resume their regular teaching duties starting October 23. Moreover, the East Corporation has a high number of ‘locked houses’ or the households where enumerators went at least three times, but could not complete the survey as the residents were not available, sources said.
During the meeting, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reviewed the survey progress, GBA Corporation Commissioners also highlighted the need for MLAs and political leaders to actively encourage residents to participate. The same was also requested previously by the Commissioners.
