Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has demanded the Modi government of the Center to postpone the census-related activities and National Population Register (NPR) survey due to the Coronavirus crisis. Patnaik has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi about this. According to Patnaik, at this time the entire machinery related to the state administration is busy fighting with the Coronavirus.

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In such a situation, field workers and people may be threatened due to the commencement of survey activities related to census and NPR. Patnaik wrote in the letter that, "The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification for the updating of Census 2021 and NPR across the country. States have been given schedules to complete the first phase of house listing, house to house census and NPR updating. This work is to be done between April 1 and September 30 this year. "

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CM Patnaik has written in the letter that the calculators and supervisors, a total of 30 lakh people, will gather data from house to house in the first phase in the country. Prior to this, activities like training, awareness campaigns and related activities will continue. Patnaik wrote in the letter that, “I suggest avoiding the scheduled census and related activities in the country. This situation can be reviewed according to the situation ahead. Patnaik said that in the interest of the people, I should ask the central government to review the proposed census and take appropriate decision.

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