EC announces Phase III of SIR: 16 states 3 UTs to be covered - check list

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission connected Thursday announced the behaviour of Phase III of peculiar intensive revision (SIR) covering 16 states and 3 Union territories. This would not see Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, the canvass assemblage said."Election Commission of India has directed the behaviour of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) successful 16 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs)," it said successful a statement."With this, the SIR of Electoral Rolls volition screen the full state successful Phase-III but Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. After considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census successful these 3 State/UTs and owed information of the upwind successful the precocious reaches/ snowfall bound areas, SIR docket for these 3 State/UTs volition beryllium announced later," it added."In the archetypal 2 phases of the SIR successful 13 States/UTs covering astir 59 сгоге electors arsenic connected the day of bid of SIR successful the respective States/UTs, implicit 6.3 lakh BLOs and 9.2 lakh BLAs appointed by governmental parties were progressive successful assorted stages of the SIR process," it further said.

The canvass assemblage informed that during Phase III of the SIR, much than 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) volition behaviour door-to-door visits to scope 36.73 crore electors during the enumeration phase, with enactment from 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) nominated by governmental parties.