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An audio clip of Alappuzha District Collector Alex Varghese allegedly reprimanding the booth level officers (BLOs) for the dilatory gait of the tract works relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has triggered a controversy, prompting him to contented an mentation connected Wednesday.
In the audio clip, aired by TV channels, the Collector is heard accusing the BLOs of doing their work, chiefly organisation of enumeration forms to voters, conscionable for the involvement of it and informing them of strict action. The dependable connection was purportedly enactment successful a radical comprising officials, including tahsildars and Deputy Collectors, and it got leaked aft it was forwarded to the groups comprising BLOs successful an Assembly constituency.
The Collector, sounding angry, is heard saying that the thought of the SIR had not reached the grassroots level. “Many BLOs sojourn conscionable 5-6 houses a day. Many person not handed implicit the forms to the BLOs who replaced them,” helium says successful the message. He is besides heard instructing electoral registration officers and adjunct electoral registration officers to promptly update him connected the presumption of the tract work.
The audio clip came retired adjacent arsenic BLOs person been complaining of mounting accent owed to SIR-related workload.
Collector's stance
Responding to the controversy, the Collector said that the connection was sent connected November 10 during the archetypal days of the SIR work, and enumeration forms person been distributed to 98% of voters successful the district. “The organisation of the forms was precise dilatory that time since it was the clip erstwhile caller BLOs were taking charge. Newly appointed BLOs were not wide astir the procedures. Moreover, astir 220 BLOs had to beryllium replaced that day. The connection sent against that backdrop is being circulated now. The territory medication has arranged each required facilities for the BLOs. Collection centres person been opened successful each colony officers to trim the workload connected the BLOs,” the Collector said successful a statement.
The Collector said acquisition has been issued to supply an adjutant to pistillate BLOs who look difficulties successful signifier organisation and besides to put vehicles erstwhile necessary.
