Collector and District Electoral Officer Ambalgan P on Thursday held a meeting of all principals of educational institutions under Election Commission’s ‘SVEEP’ programme in the district.
The Collector stated in the meeting that those who have attained 18 years of age have greater enthusiasm to exercise their franchise and information on such voters should be collected. He said that the young voters must also be encouraged to generate awareness towards voting in the district. Ambalgan said that the voter awareness would also be generated through ‘Student Ambassadors’ in premises of colleges and other localities. The ECI would also felicitate the ‘Student Ambassadors’ by offering a sum of Rs 2,000 annually, the Collector said.
He said that in the colleges where there are both male and female students, a Student Ambassador would be chosen from both sexes. The Collector also directed officials to put up Flax boards and Posters in the premises of colleges and polling centres under the ‘SVEEP’ programme. He informed that an ‘Awareness Observer’ had been posted by Election Commi-ssion in every district of the State.