Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 21 2010:
Census exercise for enumerating and compiling data about population, house-holds, quality of dwelling places, sanitation etc has been kicked off in Ukhrul district.
According to a press release issued by the SubDivisional Census Officer, Ukhrul Sub-Division, the two days' training about how to conduct field exercise was imparted to around 550 Enumerators and Supervisors at Ukhrul in different batches from May 17 to May 20 by Master trainers and SDOs /Charge officers of Ukhrul district.
Assuring the participants full co-operation of the district administration, Ukhrul DC Ashok Kumar welcomed all the participants and emphasised the importance of accuracy of the data compiled in the Census and its uses in developmental planning, reference and other purposes.
After successful completion of the training and distribution of the census kits, the Enumerators and Supervisors are ready to go to villages for conducting the Census 2011 exercise from June 1 to June 15, 2010, added the release.