Terrific Tuesday was fast, furious
Many families across some colonies in Hyderabad were not covered
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-20 01:08 GMT
Hyderabad: While Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation claimed that 74.35 per cent of the Samagra Kutumba Survey 2014 had been completed by 9.30 pm, thousands were still to be covered till late in the evening. Going by the current rate, the survey is not likely to be completed by Tuesday.
Meanwhile, hundreds of complaints poured in since early Tuesday morning about non-visit of enumerators, helpline not reachable, the form not downloading on the GHMC website, untrained enumerators, nodal officers and cluster in-charges disconnecting calls from the public and also about the casual approach of enumerators.
In certain areas residents burnt copies of the form. Hundreds of houses were not included in the GHMC’s tally for the survey causing inconvenience to people who were waiting till late evening. With the GHMC helpline 040-21111111 being the only means of communication to the corporation officials, the 50 lines were engaged all day.
The survey was also criticised by many who stated that it would not benefit the government as the five-minute survey included very few (less important) details which would not be enough to create a concrete database.
The survey failed to match up to expectations. Participants who had kept ready the entire set of documents were asked only for a few documents; pan cards and ration cards were not checked. The check slip and form uploaded on the GHMC website also differed from the three-page proforma. Even the electricity consumer number was not taken.
Many families across some colonies in Hyderabad were not covered as enumerators failed to turn up. Areas including Alwal, King Koti, Attapur, Neredmet, some colonies in Abids and some in Circle 7 of GHMC saw no signs of enumerators till 8 pm. In Gulshan colony behind the Qutb Shahi Tombs, not even 20 per cent of the survey was completed.
Following this, many residents rushed to the GHMC offices in their wards and questioned why no enumerators had been assigned to them. Residents from King Koti and Abids in Circle 8 in GHMC got into a verbal spat with the regional accounts officer at the corporation office in Abids after no enumerator reached their colony for both the pre-visits and the survey.
Benefits remain mystery
The survey was criticised by many who stated that it would not benefit the government as the five-minute survey included very few (less important) details which would not be enough to create a concrete database.
50 lines to the GHMC helpline 040-21111111 were engaged all day as it was the only means of communication to the corporation officials
Hundreds of houses were not included in the GHMC’s tally for the survey causing inconvenience to people who were waiting till late evening.
In certain areas residents burnt copies of the form.