Tumkur ( Karnataka ) [India], September 29 (ANI): Exactly a week after the Socio-Economic and Education Survey began, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday informed that 1,59,555 (1.59 lakh) houses out of the 7,55,483 (7.55 lakh) in the Tumkur district have been surveyed till now. He said that the caste survey in the district was being carried out "without any worries".
"The survey has already started in the entire state. There are 122,085 blocks in the entire state. We have specially appointed school teachers in those blocks. There are 6,544 blocks in the Tumkur district with 7,55,483 houses, and 1,59,555 have already been completed," Parameshwara said while addressing a press conference here.
The Socio-Economic and Education Survey, popularly known as the caste ce