Ludhiana: Admn rolls out control rooms after teacher collapses on duty

A day after a government primary school teacher suffered a paralysis attack while on census duty amid the searing heatwave, the district administration on Wednesday ordered the establishment of census control rooms across all subdivisions to provide emergency assistance, logistical support and real-time coordination for field officials engaged in the ongoing exercise.

Ludhiana: Admn rolls out control rooms after teacher collapses on duty. A day after a government primary school teacher suffered a paralysis attack while on census duty amid the searing heatwave, the district administration on Wednesday ordered the establishment of census control rooms across all subdivisions to provide emergency assistance, logistical support and real-time coordination for field officials engaged in the ongoing exercise. Fellow teachers alleged that despite repeated calls seeking assistance, no immediate ambulance or emergency medical support was arranged. The decision followed mounting criticism from teachers’ unions and colleagues, who alleged that the incident laid bare the absence of any structured emergency response mechanism for employees deployed in the field under extreme weather conditions. Issuing the direction...