To enroll maximum voters and to rectify the electoral roll list for upcoming elections as per National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP), two awareness vehicles with lED TVs from DC office have been sent to different blocks, panchayat and wards.
It will cover all the 55 wards, 18 blocks disseminating all vital information in the second phase.
Through Public Service Announcements (PSAs) people will be made aware about the rectification procedure at different areas.
As per the guidelines of NERP, the electoral lists must be rectified for upgradation and for the upcoming elections within the stimulated time.
“In the special drive so far in Ranchi district, we have successfully enrolled 43 transgenders, targeted as many as 1000 service voter groups including approximately 700 primitive tribal groups.
Two NRIs have been enrolled in the voter list too recently. However, so far none of the ‘Divyang’ people have been enrolled in the list.
Soon special drive will be conducted to enroll the differently abled people,” said, Deputy Election Officer of Ranchi District, Geeta Choubey.
“Besides awareness camps and massive enrollment drive, with the help of Google mapping all the polling booths will be demarcated.The process will be initiated soon. Special features like minimum facilities available at centres, area covered by the polling booths, photos will be added apart the longitude and latitude.The resource personnel training has been completed for this too,” added Choubey.
The administration through campus ambassadors are also targeting youths and creating awareness about universal adult franchise.
“Regular camps are being organised at the colleges. Enrollment drive was conducted at St. Xavier’s College on Tuesday and soon the data will be collected from the students. At present, we have covered more than 11 thousand people in the rectification process in Ranchi district,” Choubey said.
The administration is putting constant effort to increase the number of voters through NERP, which was initiated in April 2016 and will continue till August 31. At present through NERP, the district administration is covering four basic dimensions which include rationalization, error correction, awareness and gender ratio improvement.