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Kovai residents mistake survey for membership drive of DMK
Kovai residents mistake survey for membership drive of DMK

New Indian Express

time20 hours ago

  • Politics
  • New Indian Express

Kovai residents mistake survey for membership drive of DMK

COIMBATORE: The government employees attached to the Tamil Nadu RIGHTS (Rehabilitation, Inclusion, Governance, Holistic Empowerment, and Transformation for Social Change) Project are allegedly facing a roadblock in conducting door-to-door survey in urban and corporation areas, as many take it for a membership drive of the ruling DMK. The statewide survey is part of the Social Registry Enrollment (SRE) census to identify people with disabilities, and was launched in June this year by TN RIGHTS Project under the Department of Welfare for Differently-Abled Persons. An official attached to the survey said the exercise is being carried out at a time when all major political parties have started door-to-door membership drive ahead of the upcoming Assembly election. 'In areas where opposition parties wield influence, the survey is being taken for a membership drive of the ruling party. Even after giving explanations, the people are asking our staff to carry it out after the election, as they believe it is conducted by the ruling party to attract differently-abled voters,' he said. He also cited an example of the opposition party cadre stopping the conduct of the survey Karumathampatti, thinking that it was being carried out for the ruling party. 'The issue was settled after police interference,' he added.

TN RIGHTS census to identify disabled begins in Erode, seven other districts
TN RIGHTS census to identify disabled begins in Erode, seven other districts

New Indian Express

time03-06-2025

  • General
  • New Indian Express

TN RIGHTS census to identify disabled begins in Erode, seven other districts

COIMBATORE: The TN RIGHTS project, functioning under the Department of Welfare for Differently-Abled Persons, has launched a Social Registry Enrollment (SRE) census to identify persons with disabilities (PWD) in eight additional districts, including Coimbatore, Erode and Salem in the western region. The state is implementing the TN RIGHTS project, supported by World Bank funds, to strengthen the differently-abled department's ability to promote inclusion, accessibility, and opportunities for people with disabilities. The focus of the project is to enhance social protection systems for them. As part of these efforts, the department is conducting area-wise SRE census to assist the government in improving the management of services for beneficiaries, and the drive was launched on Monday. This initiative is designed to collect data on disabled people across all blocks, town panchayats, municipalities and Coimbatore corporation. Volunteers will visit every household to identify PWDs. P Sundareswaran, project officer for TN RIGHTS in Coimbatore district, said they have appointed 200 volunteers who will meet targeted individuals in 20 blocks, with 12 blocks located in rural areas and 4 blocks covering corporation and municipality limits.

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