As part of the ongoing drive to motivate voters to exercise their franchise, the Bokaro District Administration conducted an awareness rally on Sunday.
Students from various educational institutions, teachers, Sahias, Sevikas, including staffs of various public and private sectors, participated in the rally. Flagging off the rally, Bokaro DC Uma Shankar Singh urged the people to cast their vote without fail and elect a good leader as their representative. “Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme is ‘on to raise voters’ awareness and participation in ensuing assembly poll and we are trying our best to draw voters to the booths by educating them on their right to vote and programme will continued till 5 December”, said an official.
“Under SVEEP, Special awareness campaigns have been launched for women, youth, and nomads including other residents”, added the official. “Folk artists are being engaged to create awareness among the people. We are also distributing leaflets and holding rallies in schools and colleges. The administration is planning to erect model booths to attract the electorate”, he added. Electoral literacy material is also being provided at polling booths and in villages for ensuring greater electoral literacy and facilitating ethical and informed voting.
The SVEEP contains the following activities: Dissemination of Information, Motivation Message, and Approach (Strategy). The main objectives include increasing the registration of voters, specially women, newly eligible voters, youth and socially marginalised sections; improving the voter turnout by way of motivation; photo inclusion in the electoral roll; issue of EPIC; and ethical voting, said the official adding “the naxal zone of the district also saw a huge rise in voter participation in the recent lok Sabha elections after the SVEEP plan was rolled out”.