The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed two awareness observers for the ensuing lok Sabha elections for six parliamentary constituencies in Haryana from March 9 to March 15 and March 30 to April 5.
Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Shrikant Walgad, said that Pallavi Chinya had been deployed for Faridabad, Gurgaon and Sonipat and her contact number is 9449039769. Similarly, JRM Pawar has been posted as awareness observer for Rohtak, Karnal and Ambala and his contact number is 9860623142. Meanwhile, a special campaign has been launched in the State to create awareness among people about the strength of their vote, and to encourage them to cast their ballot in the ensuing lok Sabha elections.
In Ambala, Deputy Commissioner Dr Saket Kumar acquaint JRM Pawar, Observer of the Election Commission of India for the Ambala lok Sabha seat, who was inspecting enrolment of new voters at the polling stations in Ambala on Sunday, where various programmes were being launched to encourage people to cast their votes. Stickers have been pasted on auto rickshaws operating near Ambala Cantt. and at the bus-stand. Gas dealers are distributing slips with slogans encouraging them to cast their votes along with cylinders to over 1 lakh consumers.
Members of the elder forums and senior citizen organisations have been given caps with slogans written on them and they are going door to door apprising people about the significance of casting their votes. Representatives of social, religious and commercial institutes are lending a helping hand in making this campaign a success, Dr Kumar said. He said that booth level officers are collecting applications for registering new eligible voters in the electoral rolls at all polling stations across the district. It is expected that the turnout this time would be 10 per cent more in 2009.