Census Is a National Responsibility, Public Participation Essential: MCF Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata

Faridabad: Dhirendra Khadgata, Municipal Commissioner of Faridabad and Chief Census Officer of Faridabad, addressed a special meeting at K.L. Mehta Dayanand Women’s College with principals of private schools and heads of various government departments to review preparations for the upcoming census work. He described the census as a major national exercise and urged citizens to cooperate with enumerators by providing accurate information.

He warned that negligence in census duty or absence from training will invite action under the Census Act, noting that some employees from government and private schools had skipped training sessions.

He said the matter would be reported to higher census authorities for necessary action. During the meeting, District Census Coordination Officer Prashant Sharma guided principals and department heads on effective coordination of census work, while officials said suggestions from private schools and colleges would be considered to make the process smoother.

Under the guidance of Dr. Lalit Jain, strict instructions have been issued to avoid negligence. In Faridabad, about 5,500 enumerators and supervisors are being trained from April 6 to 22 at 31 centres by 62 trainers on census concepts, house listing application and self-enumeration.

House listing will be conducted as scheduled, with a self-enumeration option available from April 16 to 30, and the entire process will be carried out digitally. Among those present at the meeting were Additional Commissioner Gaurav Antil, Joint Commissioner Rajesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner Karan Singh Bhadauria, District Education Officer Anshu Singla, Superintending Engineer of the Electricity Department Jitender Dhull, and several charge officers including Vikas Kanhaiya, Ashok Thakur, Deepa, Suman Ratra, Sanjay Chaprana and Shrishti Babbar, along with other officials.