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Citizens fear exclusion as SIR home visits end in Maharashtra
As Maharashtra’s house-to-house enumeration for the Special Intensive Revision ended on Monday, some citizens said Booth Level Officers had not visited their homes. They feared exclusion from the draft and final electoral rolls. The Times of India reports that nearly half of the forms marked ‘uncollectable’ came from Mumbai, Thane and Pune.
The exercise began on June 30. Some residents submitted forms online, while others gave documents and identity proof to BLOs. Citizens reported forms being left at building gates and questioned supervision, data privacy and the mapping of 2002 voter details to grandparents. A BMC employee serving as a BLO said the work had imposed extra costs, long hours and pressure on staff. The Maharashtra government and BMC had issued alerts about the August 17 deadline. The Election Commission has said 2002 details may be mapped through maternal grandparents, one resident said.
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The reports point to an implementation gap rather than a single pattern of failure. Citizens describe missed visits, inaccessible BLOs and uncertainty over document handling, while the BMC employee cited workload and personal costs. The concern over mapping rules also reflects uneven understanding of the process, not necessarily a change in eligibility criteria. The key administrative test is whether uncollected forms are tracked, complaints receive replies and eligible voters can correct omissions before the draft roll is published.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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