Hyderabad, July 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Wednesday revised the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) schedule for Telangana, with the house-to-house visit by BLOs being extended from July 24 to August 3.

The poll panel has also extended the rationalisation and rearrangement of polling stations from July 24 to August 3.

The draft publication of rolls has been extended to August 10, and the period of filing claims and objections will now be from August 10 to September 9. The notice phase and disposal of claims and objections are now from August 10 to October 10, and the final publication of rolls is scheduled for October 12.

As per the earlier schedule announced in May, the house-to-house enumeration exercise by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) was scheduled from June 25 to July 24. The draft electoral roll was to be published on July 31, with the final electoral rolls on October 1.

As per the status report on SIR on Wednesday (July 15), the BLOs have achieved 100 per cent distribution of enumeration forms.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer, enumeration forms have been distributed to all 3,38,26,004 voters. The election officials have also digitised 54.84 per cent of the enumeration forms.

Meanwhile, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has welcomed the decision of the Election Commission to extend the return of enumeration forms to BLOs by 10 days. The Hyderabad MP hopes that the Telangana government will issue the Family Register Certificate or Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) to the electors of Telangana, saying this will be a boon for poor people of the State.

Earlier, addressing a programme for distribution of books and school kits among students, Owaisi had appealed to people who have received enumeration forms to submit the filled-in forms to BLOs as early as possible and not to wait until the deadline.

–IANS

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