The ongoing survey of the five guarantee schemes among the beneficiaries has received flak from ASHA and anganwadi workers in the State as extreme heat condition in several parts has made the house-to-house survey difficult.
While the government order on involving ASHA and anganwadi workers who are being termed as “guarantee volunteers” came on February 20, the survey is on at several districts, and it is to be completed before the end of this week.
Each ASHA and angawadi worker has been offered additional honorarium of ₹ 1,000 for the survey work, and each of them are expected to cover 100 to 120 houses in about 10 to 15 days. The survey work is to cost government about ₹ 12 crore as about 1.2 lakh are to be deployed for survey. The survey work has taken a back seat in some areas as Pulse Polio programme was in place over the last couple of days.
