A total of 77,895 BLOs, were engaged in house-to-house exercise to help electors fill out their Enumeration Forms and collect them. In a large number of cases, the BLOs were also taking live pictures of the electors and uploading them, saving the electors the trouble of getting their pictures clicked.In addition, 20,603 BLOs were being appointed for the smooth and timely completion of the process. Nearly 4 lakh volunteers, which include government officials, NCC cadets, NSS members among others were working on the field to facilitate the elderly, PwDs, sick and vulnerable people the SIR process.Besides, 239 EROs covering all the 243 assembly constituencies in the state, 963 AEROs, 38 DEOs and the CEO of the state were at the ground level to facilitate the electors to submit their forms within timeframe, the office of state CEO said.A total of 1,54,977 Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by various political parties were also providing active support in the SIR process.Meanwhile, CEO Gyanesh Kumar said that 4,123 EROs, 775 DEOs and 36 CEOs held 5,000 meetings with 28,000 representatives of political parties in the last four months. He said that ECO invited representatives of all recognised political parties to seek their suggestions.Gyanesh said that the process of holding meeting with representatives of political parties was still underway. However, representatives of some political parties were not satisfied with electoral rolls on one pretext or the other, he added.(With inputs from PTI)
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