At least 11 districts in Punjab have performed well in the Phase I of the Census, involving house listing and housing operations.
Chairing a review meeting on the Census operations, Administrative Secretary, Local Government, Manjit Singh Brar said the districts that had performed well were: Barnala, Moga, Malerkotla, Fazilka, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Muktsar, Tarn Taran, Rupnagar, Mansa and Hoshiarpur.
The meeting was also attended by Census Operations Director Dr Navjot Khosa and Local Government Director Kulwant Singh.
Brar directed districts lagging behind in the house listing work to accelerate operations. All principal census officers were instructed to closely monitor the ongoing operations with regular surprise inspections to maintain the quality and accuracy.
