The district administration has intensified the door-to-door verification of voters across the city as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with over 2,100 Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) visiting households to ensure that every eligible citizen is enrolled ahead of the publication of the revised electoral rolls.
“A total of 2,134 BLOs are visiting households across the district to distribute enumeration forms and assist voters in filling them,” said Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Dalwinderjit Singh.
To oversee the campaign, the administration has deployed 11 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), 22 Assistant EROs, 110 Additional Assistant EROs and 213 Sector Officers across the district’s 11 Assembly constituencies.
The District Election Officer said the rationalisation of polling stations would be completed by July 24, while the draft electoral rolls would be published on August 3. Claims and objections can be filed between August 3 and September 2, and these will be disposed of by September 28. The final electoral rolls are scheduled to be published on October 1.
He said the administration was committed to ensuring that no eligible voter was left out of the electoral rolls and that no ineligible person was included.
As part of field monitoring, Electoral Registration Officer for Amritsar North, Inayat, visited the Faizpura area to inspect the ongoing door-to-door enumeration. She urged residents to submit their enumeration forms to BLOs before July 15 to facilitate the inclusion of their names in the electoral rolls.
Meanwhile, the district administration has set up a dedicated sub-centre at ITI (Women), Beri Gate, in the Amritsar Central Assembly constituency. Electoral Registration Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr Rupinder Singh said officials were working to expedite the digitisation process.
Dr Singh said the Special Intensive Revision was being undertaken in Punjab for the first time since 2003 and aimed to update voter records by enrolling eligible citizens while removing duplicate, deceased and permanently shifted voters.
Executive Officer Dinesh Suri and SVEEP Nodal Officer Navjot Singh Dhoot also inspected the digitisation centre and reviewed the progress of the exercise.
