Srinagar, Apr 27 (IANS): Authorities on Monday started a house-to-house health survey in Srinagar district in J&K for better planning and response towards the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
The exercise is going to be a huge and ambitious task given the fact that Srinagar city has a population of more than 12.5 lakh.
Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary, Srinagar DM, confirmed this. The DM said the house-to-house audit was indispensable for better planning and response to COVID-19.
The DM has appealed to the residents of Srinagar to cooperate with the visiting teams for accurate health data adding there had been some reports of non-cooperation from households.