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Days up of the door-to-door survey of voters for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision successful West Bengal, grooming of officials progressive successful the process was held astatine the bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) West Bengal.
During the grooming connected Friday (October 31, 2025), method officers from Election Commission of India (ECI) office successful New Delhi were contiguous wherever officials were trained connected however to the BLOs (Booth Level Officials) volition usage a mobile exertion to capable successful enumeration forms.
“A elaborate grooming was held for EROs (Electoral Registration Officers) and AEROs (Assistant Electoral Registration Officers) was held virtually connected however BLOs should run a mobile exertion (BLO App) and capable enumeration. Over 3000 officials participated successful the grooming crossed 24 districts of the State,” a root astatine the CEO bureau said. There are 294 EROs successful the State corresponding to the fig of Assembly constituencies.
According to officials, the BLO app designed to seizure and digitise the information being submitted done enumeration forms. This grooming volition beryllium followed by grooming of BLOs and booth level agents (BLAs) — who are agents of governmental parties. The full workout volition beryllium completed earlier November 3 and from November 4, the BLOs volition commencement door-to-door enumeration of elector lists connected the ground of 2002 elector list.
About 80,681 BLOs person been appointed to execute the SIR exercise, on with 8,000 BLO supervisors, implicit 3,000 adjunct electoral registration officers, 294 electoral registration officers. Officials astatine the CEO bureau besides added that astir 14,000 further BLOs are being kept connected standby connected the presumption that determination mightiness beryllium an summation successful electors. Each polling booth caters to astir 950 to 1,000 electors.
On Friday CEO WB Manoj Agarwal issued a video connection detailing the stages of the SIR successful the State. He added that involvement of electors a helpline fig 1950 has been acceptable up wherever electors tin scope retired to BLOs directly. The caller website of CEO is https://ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in .
During the SIR process successful 12 States including canvass bound West Bengal the house-to-house enumeration volition instrumentality spot for a period from November 4 to December 4, and the draught rolls volition beryllium published connected December 9. Claims and objections tin beryllium raised from December 9 to January 8. Notices volition beryllium issued, and hearings and verifications volition instrumentality spot betwixt December 9 and January 31.
