Bidar to conduct district-wide socio-educational and economic survey from September 22
Bidar: Deputy Commissioner Shilpa Sharma on Thursday announced that a comprehensive socio-educational and economic survey covering all castes and communities will be conducted across Bidar district from September 22 to October 7, reports The Hindu.
Chairing a meeting of the district-level coordination committee, Sharma said the survey will assess the social, educational, and economic status of households, including nomadic and semi-nomadic communities and tandas (hamlets).
“The survey must be carried out thoroughly and with complete accuracy,” she instructed officials.
She informed that master trainers trained at the State level would train district-level master trainers, who in turn will guide the field staff. Government teachers and officials from various departments will be deployed as enumerators and supervisors, with their details uploaded on a dedicated portal.
Around 90 master trainers, 450 supervisors, and 4,400 enumerators will participate in the exercise, expected to cover nearly 3.4 lakh households.
Sharma also said the Energy Department has already begun pasting stickers with UHID details on houses and geo-tagging them through meter readers.
Additionally, NSS volunteers will distribute survey forms door-to-door to raise awareness among residents.
The meeting was attended by the Additional Deputy Commissioner Shivanand Karale, Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Shakeel, Deputy Director of Backward Classes Welfare Sunita Shivanand, and other district officials.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
