In order to encourage maximum participation of people in the voting, the district administration has decided to organise special awareness drive wherein rallies, symposia, human chains, signature drives would be organised.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting here chaired by Indore collector and district election officer Akash Tripathi on Tuesday. The meeting among others was attended by the district panchayat CEO and nodal officer of awareness drive Ashish Singh, additional collectors Sudhir Kumar Kochar, Dilip Kumar and IMC commissioner Rakesh Singh respectively.
He said the special awareness drive will surely increase polling percentage in the ensuing IMC elections as was witnessed during the lok Sabha and Assembly elections wherein over 80 per cent polling had been recorded following intensive voting awareness drive. In the first phase of recently concluded panchayat elections also over 85 per cent polling has been recorded, he added.
Collector said under current awareness drive, as many as four rallies would be taken out by the women and child welfare department. The first rally would be taken out from Dussehara Maidan to Mhow Naka, while the second rally would be taken out from Gandhi Hall to Madhumilan Chowraha, third rally will be from Mahesh Guard line to laxmibai Nagar, while the fourth rally would be taken out from Sayaji square to Bapat square.
In addition to this, signature drives would also be launched at prominent city squares to inspire people for their maximum participation in the voting to take place on January 31.
Tripathi informed that religious seers would also be asked to appeal to their followers in the electoral process. Besides hoardings, posters, pamphlets, banners would also be put up across the city to encourage people for voting. Similarly he said the district administration will also take help of both the print and electronic media to create awareness among people to exercise their voting rights.