Commissioner inaugurates Census in Salem Corporation
The Salem Corporation has inaugurated a digital census exercise covering over 2.3 lakh houses, with data collection running through August. Additionally, the Commissioner warned that residents and traders will face fines for failing to properly segregate waste as per municipal regulations.
Why it matters
The census provides vital demographic data for governance, while waste management enforcement highlights local efforts to improve urban sanitation.
Salem Corporation Commissioner Lalitaditya Neelam inaugurated the Census exercise at Linemedu in Ward 46 in the Kondalampatti zone on Saturday.
The Commissioner said that between July 17 and 31, online self-enumeration took place through www.se.census.gov.in website on house listing. The census work began on August 1 and will continue till August 30.
In Salem Corporation, there are 2.34 lakh houses and 10.05 lakh people. For the first time, the census was conducted digitally. As many as 1,237 enumerators and 207 supervisors are deployed. The public should provide the required details to the officials coming to their houses for the census, the Commissioner added.
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