The district observer of Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme, Saratchandra, at a meeting held at the district office intensely reviewed the various programmes conducted for voters’ awareness so far.
The observer, while gathering information about the polling centres where less percentage of votes were cast in the last General election, gave important suggestions for increasing percentage of voting. Collector and District Electoral Officer P Dayanand, SP RS Nayak, District Panchayat CEO Vipin Manjhi, SDO Bhoskar Vilas Sandeepan, Ashwani Devangan, Dhruv and all the members of SVEEP programme were present in the meeting.
In the meeting, Saratchandra, while praising different voters’ awareness campaigns launched under the SVEEP programme, under the guidance of Collector and District Electoral Officer so far, said that better field has been prepared in Kabirdham district to increase the voter percentage, but some more labour is needed, then only the significant result of the labour would come out on the day of election.
While giving suggestions to make the voters’ awareness campaign more effective and to increase the voter percentage, Saratchandra, said emphasis should be given on posters, banners, flexes and wall writings related to voters’ awareness at urban bodies’ areas to village level. Special attention should be given on such polling centres where the voting percentage was less during the last General election, he added.
P Dayanand informed about the various programmes including ‘Nukkad and loknritya’ organised for making the voters’ awareness campaign effective in both the Assembly constituencies — Pandariya (71) and Kawardha (72) — in the district. In order to increase the voting percentage in the district special training has been imparted to Mitanins, anganbadi workers, motivators, village secretaries, patwaris and kotwars. Besides, voters’ awareness campaign is being organised with the assistance of Nehru Yuva Kendra, NCC and NGOs, he added.