Nearly 14 lakh SIR (Special Summary Revision) enumeration forms in West Bengal have been classified as “uncollectable,” the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday. According to officials, these forms could not be collected because the voters were found to be absentee, duplicate, deceased, or permanently shifted from their registered addresses.
The number, which stood at 10.33 lakh on Monday, rose to 13.92 lakh by Tuesday afternoon. “We expect this figure to continue rising daily as more updates roll in,” an EC official said.
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Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are currently conducting extensive fieldwork to distribute and collect the forms from households across the state. More than 80,600 BLOs, supported by roughly 8,000 supervisors, 3,000 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, and 294 Electoral Registration Officers, are involved in the ongoing revision exercise.
Amid the intensive drive, officials confirmed that three BLOs have died during the course of the SIR operations, highlighting the strenuous nature of the statewide enumeration effort.
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