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Final report of Samanvaya survey in two months
The final report of the survey conducted in the city under the Kozhikode Corporation's 'Samanvaya' project will be published within two months. Welfare Standing Committee chairperson P. Divakaran said on Saturday (August 16) that the second phase of the survey, aimed at plugging any loopholes, is already under way. Meanwhile, benefits based on the survey findings will be made available to the beneficiaries within a few weeks, he added.
The Samanvaya project involves streamlined programmes that will benefit senior citizens, differently abled people and bedridden patients. The plan is to coordinate the efforts of various departments, organisations, people's representatives, and the public to ensure that support reaches the right people.
In the first phase, 543 specially trained anganwadi workers conducted the survey, which examined the social and economic conditions of city residents. The data included details of the care they currently receive, family ties, friendships, education, health status, lifestyle, and existing challenges.
A total of 56,878 people were identified as beneficiaries in the first phase of the survey, the draft report of which was recently approved by the Corporation Council. Of them, 50,180 are senior citizens, 1,388 are bedridden (including 29 under the age of 18), 1,150 suffer from serious illnesses, and 4,160 are differently abled.
Under the project, the Corporation plans to provide a range of services at the beneficiaries' doorstep, including healthcare, medicines, cooked food, drinking water, employment, and pensions. Beneficiaries have also requested equipment such as wheelchairs, diapers, spectacles, commode chairs, artificial limbs, airbeds, cochlear implant surgeries, walkers, and glucometers, along with vehicle facilities during emergencies.
'We have decided to organise occasional outings for those interested. Forty people from the same ward will be taken on a KSRTC bus at a time,' Mr. Divakaran said.
So far, the Corporation has held three camps to distribute equipment to beneficiaries. A palliative care unit has also been formed to serve bedridden patients, with plans to establish two more units, he added.
