Ludhiana, May 21 -- 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.

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 directions, additional deputy commissioner (general)-cum-additional district Census officer Poo...