India, May 27 -- Concerned over slow progress in Census 2027-related house listing and house enumeration work in Gautam Budh Nagar, the Gautam Budh district administration has directed officials to speed up work and warned against any negligence.

All officers in charge have been instructed to prioritise the census work and conduct daily monitoring of field-level activities being carried out by enumerators and supervisors, said officials.

The directions were issued following a review meeting presided over by district magistrate (DM) Medha Roopam on Monday.

"Census is an extremely important national exercise and negligence at any level will not be tolerated. Directions have been issued to the officials to improve progress within 24 hours...