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The process of special intensive revision of voter list in Chitrakoot remains challenging for the BLO. Due to low awareness and migration in rural areas, there is difficulty in identifying eligible voters. Even after repeatedly explaining to the BLO, many people are not able to cooperate in filling the necessary details or forms.
The Election Commission of India has implemented the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process this time with more strictness and speed with the aim of making the voter list updated, transparent and completely error-free. The Commission recently received important feedback from many states that a large number of eligible voters have been left out in the first phase of the survey. Taking this link forward, officers and BLO teams in Chitrakoot district are working hard day and night, but the situation at the ground level shows that this process is not easy for the BLOs.
Low awareness and migration of villagers
Let us tell you that the biggest challenge before the BLO, who is performing the responsibility in Patha and remote areas of Chitrakoot, is the low awareness and migration of the villagers. The situation becomes more complicated in tribal dominated areas, where many families are busy in their daily needs, due to which even after repeated explanation by BLO, they are not able to become aware about the SIR form.
Shailendra Singh, a teacher and BLO who is looking after the SIR work in Ranipur Kalyangarh of Chitrakoot, says that due to the low level of education in the villages, one has to work twice as hard to fill the forms. We have repeatedly appealed to the villagers to get their old voter slips or information related to the polling station, but due to lack of awareness, many people have not been able to provide even the basic details yet. We go door to door every day and explain to people in simple language, but many people still run away from giving information.
Problem in collecting data
Whereas BLO Virendra posted in Gidurha, another remote village of the district, says that migration has emerged as the biggest problem in Chitrakoot. Hundreds of people from the village have migrated to other districts in search of employment, making collecting their data almost a challenge. Some villagers are not educated and even after repeated explanation, they are not able to give necessary details. We are trying, but it is not easily possible without local cooperation. BLO believes that if the village head and local villagers come forward and provide some help, then the SIR forms of the entire area can be completed on time.
