The objective of SIR is to ensure clean electoral rolls, says official

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Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan speaking to officers during a gathering  to reappraisal  mentation  for SIR successful  Belagavi connected  Monday.

Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan speaking to officers during a gathering to reappraisal mentation for SIR successful Belagavi connected Monday. | Photo Credit: P.K. BADIGER

The nonsubjective of the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is to spot that the electoral rolls are cleaned and are mistake free. All officers are expected to enactment towards specified goals, Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Mohammad Roshan said successful Belagavi connected Monday.

At a gathering successful the Suvarna Soudha, Mr. Roshan asked officers to instrumentality each steps to guarantee that nary eligible elector gets near retired of the electoral rolls.

“We request the afloat co-operation of voters and governmental parties successful ensuring a palmy SIR. Officers should clarify each doubts that are successful the minds of the people,” helium said.

“Some governmental parties person been expressing concerns astir the prime of the elector database and the removal of deceased and displaced voters from the list. All specified questions request to beryllium answered done a due SIR,” helium said.

“Maintaining the integrity of the elector database is simply a basal request for elections. Errors, repetitions and duplications whitethorn person crept successful the rolls owed to reasons similar electors moving from spot to spot due to the fact that of accelerated urbanization, migration for acquisition and livelihood oregon otherwise. During SIR, the booth level officers and others deputed for the intent should sojourn the houses of electors astatine slightest 3 times and taxable the enumeration forms. Voters person to capable their details based connected the erstwhile SIR elector database and taxable the exertion on with immoderate documents asked for by the BLOs. The BLOs volition past verify them and grounds them successful the software. Officers should marque it wide to electors that determination is nary anticipation of removing names from the elector database if they nutrient the indispensable documents. Form 6 should beryllium submitted to question inclusion of caller names successful the elector list,” the Deputy Commissioner said.

SIR has begun successful respective States and successful Belagavi district, it volition beryllium held from June 30 to October 7.

All preparations person been made for SIR successful the district. Officers are scrutinising each the changes carefully, taking the elector database of the peculiar broad revision of the elector database held successful 2002 arsenic the basis.

As of now, the elector database of 18 Assembly constituencies of the territory has been mapped. Of 41,22,869 voters, the mapping enactment of 38,22,990 voters has been completed and 93% advancement has been made successful mapping.

Resource idiosyncratic and Belagavi City Corporation Deputy Commissioner Siddu Hulloli said that the mentation and printing of the elector database volition beryllium carried retired from June 20 to June 29.

BLOs volition sojourn houses from June 30 to July 29. The draught elector database volition beryllium published connected August 5. Time has been fixed from August 5 to September 4 to taxable objections. Disposal of objections volition beryllium carried retired from August 5 to October 3.

He explained successful item the assorted stages of the peculiar broad verification of the elector database by stating that the last elector database volition beryllium published connected October 7.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Vijayakumar Honakeri, probationary IAS serviceman Rohit Singh, officers and leaders of assorted governmental parties were present.

Published - June 08, 2026 08:22 p.m. IST

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