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The ongoing re-survey of Devadasis successful Karnataka mightiness beryllium extended by 1 much period till December 31, The Hindu has learnt from highly placed sources.
The survey, which commenced connected September 15, was planned to beryllium held for 45 moving days, ending on November 21.
“However, considering the analyzable and time-consuming quality of the survey, the Minister for Women and Child Development has directed for an extension. The bid is yet to beryllium issued,” an authoritative said.
Poor numbers
Around 20 days into the survey, lone astir 15,000 Devadasi women crossed 15 districts successful the State person enrolled themselves. The documented fig of Devadasi women during the 2008-2009 survey was 46,660. The existent enrolment fig is lone astir one-third of this, hinting astatine dilatory progress.
One of the demands successful the letters sent by the Karnataka Vimuktha Devadasi Mahila Mathu Makkala Vedike and the Centre for Study of Inclusion astatine the National Law School of India University to the authorities was an hold of the survey timeline. According to the activists, the consciousness among assemblage members astir the survey remained low, and the survey mandate to get aggregate documents from antithetic departments was time-consuming.
Review meetings held
The Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation (KSWDC), the nodal bureau for conducting the survey, on Wednesday held a reappraisal gathering successful which astir 60 women from the Devadasi assemblage from antithetic districts participated.
Manjula Malagi, convener astatine the Karnataka Vimuktha Devadasi Mahila Mathu Makkala Vedike, expressed optimism aft reportedly receiving affirmative responses from the authorities officials. “The officials assured to look into concerns astir property criterion and promised to guarantee capable facilities astatine survey centres,” she said.
According to her, 1 of the biggest difficulties earlier the assemblage members, particularly children of deceased Devadasi women, was to beryllium their Devadasi household tree.
Mahesh Babu, MD astatine WCD, however, noted that aggregate options are successful spot already for the same. “There are already databases of Aadhaar holders — surviving and dormant — and the 32,000 Devadasi women are receiving pension. But determination are a fewer who died earlier receiving the Aadhaar and whose household request to beryllium registered successful the existent survey. Those families tin attack the officials who support the commencement and decease registrar via DC. We person informed those officials regarding the survey.”
He added that the officials person been sensitised to supply the certificates without harassing the applicants. “New applicants tin attack the DC and Tahsildar committee who volition instrumentality a telephone connected it,” helium added.
Drive projected
The section besides held a reappraisal gathering regarding the ongoing survey for sex minorities. Sana Suman, subordinate of the State committee for survey of sex minorities, termed the survey affirmative and noted that the officials responded to respective suggestions successful affirmative.
“G. Padmavathi,Chairperson of Karnataka State Women’s Development Corporation, has agreed to instrumentality our demands regarding door-to-door survey and survey astatine assemblage organisations to the Women and Child Development Minister,” said Ms. Suman.
“We besides requested an hold of the survey timeline. She orally promised america that she would suggest an hold of 15 days,” she added.
The survey has been seeing mediocre turnout successful Bengaluru Urban with lone astir 500 individuals turning up for the survey truthful far. Across Karnataka, astir 8,000 individuals person registered to date. “To boost the mobilisation, we suggested organising a ample camp where each the enumerators tin stitchery to organise a drive,” said Ms. Suman
