SIR being taken up to ensure accurate, error-free and transparent electoral rolls, says officer

Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Shilpa Sharma connected Wednesday appealed to voters, governmental parties and the wide nationalist to widen afloat practice to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 of electoral rolls which is being taken up by the Election Commission of India to marque elector lists much accurate, error-free and transparent.

Addressing a property league astatine her bureau successful Bidar, Ms. Sharma said that the revision workout volition see a house-to-house enumeration thrust during which Booth Level Officers (BLOs) volition sojourn households to cod and verify elector details. The accusation gathered during the survey volition beryllium utilized for revision, correction and updating of electoral rolls.

She said that October 1, 2026 has been fixed arsenic the qualifying day for the revision exercise. Preparatory enactment and grooming programmes volition beryllium conducted from June 20 to 29, portion a house-to-house survey volition beryllium carried retired from June 30 to July 29.

The draught electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected August 5. Claims and objections tin beryllium submitted betwixt August 5 and September 4. Disposal of claims and objections volition beryllium completed by October 3 and the last electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected October 7, she said.

Ms. Sharma said that the survey volition facilitate inclusion of recently eligible voters, updating of details of shifted voters, deletion of names of deceased voters and different indispensable corrections successful the electoral rolls. She urged citizens to supply the required documents and widen practice to BLOs during the verification process.

She said that aft work of the draught rolls, voters volition person an accidental to verify their names, addresses and different particulars and taxable claims oregon objections wrong the stipulated play if immoderate discrepancies were noticed. All applications volition beryllium examined and disposed of successful accordance with the prescribed rules, she added.

Emphasising that electoral rolls revision is 1 of the astir important processes successful a democracy, the Deputy Commissioner called upon each stakeholders to enactment actively successful ensuring that the elector database remains complete, close and transparent.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Shivanand B. Karale and officials from assorted departments were contiguous astatine the property conference.