Nearly 14 lakh SIR forms identified as 'uncollectable' so far in West Bengal

Nearly 14 lakh SIR enumeration forms person truthful acold been identified arsenic "uncollectable" successful West Bengal, the Election Commission said.

These forms are "uncollectable" since the voters were either absentee, duplicate, dormant oregon permanently shifted, an authoritative said.

"As of Tuesday noon, the fig stood astatine 13.92 lakh... We expect this fig to proceed rising regular arsenic much updates rotation in," helium said.

The fig was 10.33 lakh connected Monday (November 24) evening, helium added.

Booth Level Officers (BLOs) person been actively engaged successful distributing the forms and gathering indispensable details, the authoritative said.

More than 80,600 BLOs, on with astir 8,000 supervisors, 3,000 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and 294 Electoral Registration Officers, person been engaged for the peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful the State, helium said.