On Sunday morning, Manappa P. (name changed) started his day at 11 a.m., going door-to-door to conduct the Social and Educational Survey at Bhuvaneshwari Nagar in Dasarahalli. Assigned as an enumerator, Mr. Manappa, a Bescom meter reader, had been out in the streets for over 90 minutes before one household finally agreed to answer and cooperate for the ongoing survey, which took nearly an hour to complete.
His experience was not unusual. Across Bengaluru’s five corporation limits, the survey, which began on October 4 in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits, is taking place slowly, due to public hesitation, reluctance, and technical glitches.
The enumerators said that while there’s no official target set for them, they have been clearly
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