Over 17,000 employees to be involved in census in JK

 Over 17,000 employees will be involved in collecting data for the census in the Kashmir valley.

        As many as 14,298 numerators, 2,383 supervisors and 372 master trainers are being deployed on duty to complete the census 2011 in the valley, Census Director Farooq Ahmad said.

          He said that census work will commence from May 15 in accessible areas, the job will be taken up in snowbound areas from July 16, he added.

          Meanwhile, with a view to create a comprehensive identity data base in the valley, a high level meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of the valley was held here today with Divisional Commissioner Naseem Lanker in chair.