Voter Verification Drive in Nagpur Surpasses 67% in Rural Areas, 45% in City Nagpur: With an intensive, ground-level push to clean up electoral rolls, the Nagpur district administration has significantly accelerated voter verification, raising coverage from 30% to 67% in rural areas and 45% in the city within just two weeks. The drive, led by district collector Kumar Ashirwad, aims to ensure that all eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll and that errors in voter details are corrected ahead of upcoming elections as part of pre-SIR mapping. Officials noted that the verification rate stood at just 30% a fortnight ago. The sharp rise has been attributed to tighter coordination between electoral registration officers, assistant electoral registration officers, supervisors, booth level officers, and booth level agents from various parties. Ashirwad described voter verification as "national duty" and credited the improvement to joint efforts at every level, from administrative officers to ground staff. He urged citizens to actively participate in the process to ensure no eligible voter is left out. Nagpur, which had lagged behind other districts earlier, saw direct interactions between the collector and booth level officers (BLOs) to identify on-ground challenges. Officials with lower performance were given targeted training, while party booth level agents (BLAs) were asked to extend full cooperation. Among the 12 assembly constituencies in the district, Katol recorded a verification rate of 75%, followed by Umred at 83%, Ramtek at 84%, Saoner at 68%, Hingna at 53%, and Kamptee at 56%. In urban Nagpur, Nagpur South-West stood at 46.37%, Nagpur Central at 53%, West at 41%, while Nagpur North was at 43%, East at 44%, and South at 42%.#nagpur #nagpur_district #district_collector #kumar_ashirwad #electoral_registration_officers
