New Delhi, July 17 (PTI) The digitisation of enumeration forms under the SIR of Delhi’s electoral rolls crossed the 30-lakh mark on Friday, with more than 4.46 lakh forms uploaded in a day as election officials shifted focus from distributing forms to processing those received from voters.
According to the official status report issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, 30,49,330 enumeration forms have been digitised, covering 21.01 per cent of Delhi’s 1,45,10,298 electors, up from 26,02,654 forms (17.93 per cent) on Thursday.
The door-to-door distribution exercise is meanwhile nearing completion, with 1,44,60,313 enumeration forms distributed, taking coverage to 99.66 per cent of the electorate. Four districts — Old Delhi, New Delhi, North East and South — have achieved 100 per cent distribution, while Central, South East and West have crossed 99.5 per cent coverage.
Many booth level officers (BLOs) said the work has now become more technology-intensive, with scanning documents, uploading forms and entering voter details taking significantly longer than distributing the forms.
Meanwhile, a BLO deployed at the BR Camp in Delhi’s Race Course, said the names of residents who have shifted after demolition have not yet been deleted from the electoral rolls and advised them to submit Form 8 for change of address.
The Election Commission has extended the SIR schedule for Delhi, allowing BLOs to continue house-to-house visits till August 8, instead of July 29. The additional time is expected to aid the collection and digitisation of completed forms.
Among districts, Outer North recorded the highest digitisation rate at 36.88 per cent, followed by South West (30.26 per cent), Central North (25.27 per cent) and West (25.26 per cent). Meanwhile, South East remained the lowest at 13.03 per cent, followed by Old Delhi (13.56 per cent) and East (13.81 per cent).
In terms of absolute numbers, South West led with 4,02,425 digitised forms, followed by West (3,67,856), North East (3,41,088) and North West (3,18,429).
Under the SIR exercise, BLOs distribute two copies of the enumeration form to every elector. One copy is retained by the voter as an acknowledgement, while the other is submitted to the BLO after being filled. Voters can also submit their forms online. PTI MSJ PRK
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