Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar has said that as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the number of voters at all polling stations should be within 1200, so that the speed of queue management and voting can be increased at the time of voting. He said that in order to provide convenience to the voters, the boundaries of various polling stations in the state are being marked and made online through geo-fencing. This will make it easier for the BLOs to reach the voters of their area and their homes. After the completion of this process, all BLOs will have their own areas and through the online app, voters will be able to know their polling booth, its location and their BLO from their location itself. Kumar was addressing officers of various levels related to polling from different districts of the state on Wednesday during the training of polling booth mapping and geo-fencing.
The CEO said that all the participants participating in this training session running from 11 to 13 June are being trained in detail about polling booth mapping and geo-fencing through training modules prepared by compiling the experiences of experts from Puducherry, Indian Census Office and IT. During the training, the candidates will be given information about polling booth mapping and geo-fencing through PPT, and training will be given to prepare a map and mark the key points of the map while visiting the areas of Dhurva sector. After this, it will be prepared as a practical by different teams of participants. During the training, all the participants will also be evaluated, participants securing low marks will be retrained.
On this occasion, Joint Chief Electoral Officer Subodh Kumar, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Dev Das Dutta, officers and staff of the Chief Electoral Officer's office, Deputy Electoral Officers from various districts and staff from the respective districts were present.