BLOs disappointed over paltry pay for hectic SIR work

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) successful Kerala, often hailed arsenic the grassroots champions of democracy, accidental they consciousness betrayed aft being paid conscionable ₹2,000 for months of enactment during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The magnitude has travel arsenic a shock, particularly since galore expected ₹6,000, the inducement announced during a akin workout successful Bihar past year. The inducement is yet to beryllium paid to BLOs successful respective Assembly constituencies.

Most BLOs, drawn from assorted authorities departments, accidental the outgo does not adjacent screen their out-of-pocket expenses. Their enactment began good earlier the enumeration phase, which ran from November 4 to December 18, starting with the mapping of existing elector rolls against the basal database of 2002. This was followed by intensive tract visits and, later, the proceeding and verification stages.