EC: 10 days to go, over 90% population covered under SIR
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Patna: With only 10 days left for the submission of enumeration forms (EF), Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday claimed to have covered 90.84% of the total electorate under its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar.
However, only 86.32% of EFs have been collected so far.
'Accounting for the deceased, permanently shifted and people enrolled in more than one places, the EF collection phase of the SIR has covered 90.84% of nearly 7.9 crore strong electorate in Bihar," the EC said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that only 9.16% of electors are yet to submit their forms now.
As per the information provided, out of the total 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, EFs of 6,81,67,861 or 86.32% have been collected.
The last date for filing EFs is July 25.
Sparing no effort to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft electoral roll, the third round of household visits by nearly one lakh BLOs will soon begin, the EC said. It added that the BLOs would again visit those households where the electors were temporarily absent in the previous visits.
Special camps have been established in all 5,683 wards of all 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), and advertisements have been issued in newspapers to ensure that the remaining electors fill their EFs well in time and have their names included in the draft ER to be published on Aug 1.
"Electors are also being encouraged by the BLOs to fill up their forms online, using their mobile phones through ECINet App or online form," it said.
As per the EC, uploading of forms on ECINet has picked up with over 6.2 crore EFs uploaded till 6pm on Tuesday.
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