Scheduled Castes survey extended only in Bengaluru till July 6

The H.N. Nagamohan Das Fee spearheading the Scheduled Castes survey throughout the State to offer inside reservation, has prolonged the train until July 6, solely in Bengaluru, each within the metropolis’s civic physique limits and Bengaluru City district.

After a number of extensions, the survey concluded on June 30, with 91.84% of the projected inhabitants coated. Nevertheless, there was an enormous lag in protection of the projected inhabitants in Bengaluru. Regardless of particular drives to stick stickers on homes coated below the survey and offering an choice to fill within the particulars on-line, the survey may cowl solely 52% of the projected inhabitants in Bengaluru. As of June 30, of the projected SC inhabitants of 13.62 lakh within the metropolis, the survey may determine solely 7.04 lakh SC folks.

Owing to this, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao had written to Mr. Nagamohan Das searching for an extension of the survey within the metropolis until July 15. The Social Justice Division had additionally sought the extension of the survey in Bengaluru.

Contemplating these requests, Mr. Nagamohan Das has prolonged the survey within the BBMP and Bengaluru City district until July 6. In a particular drive over the previous two weeks, BBMP officers have been visiting particular person houses and pasting stickers on these homes coated below the survey.

Self-declaration

The choice for self-declaration by SC households on-line utilizing the hyperlink https://schedulecastesurvey.karnataka.gov.in/selfdeclaration has been prolonged until July 6 throughout the State. “Many who’ve tried to take the survey on-line appear to have no endurance to fill out the total type of 42 questions. They fill in just a few questions and sign off. We enchantment to these taking the survey on-line to fill out the total questionnaire,” retired decide H.N. Nagamohan Das informed The Hindu.