Nearly 14 lakh SIR forms found ‘uncollectable’ in West Bengal
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Kolkata: Nearly 14 lakh Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms have so far been classified as “uncollectable” in West Bengal, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.
According to officials, these forms have been marked uncollectable because the voters concerned were found to be absentee, duplicate, deceased or permanently shifted from their registered addresses. The number of such forms stood at 10.33 lakh on Monday, and rose sharply within a day.
“As of Tuesday noon, the number stood at 13.92 lakh… We expect this figure to continue rising daily as more updates roll in,” an official said.
Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who have been tasked with visiting households across the state, are distributing SIR forms and collecting voter data as part of the ongoing electoral roll revision. Officials said more than 80,600 BLOs have been deployed for the exercise, supported by around 8,000 supervisors, 3,000 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers and 294 Electoral Registration Officers.
Amid the intensive field work for the SIR drive, three BLOs have died in the state so far, officials added.