EC announces Phase III of SIR: 16 states 3 UTs to be covered – check list

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced the conduct of Phase III of special intensive revision (SIR) covering 16 states and 3 Union territories. This would not include Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, the poll body said.“Election Commission of India has directed the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 16 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs),” it said in a statement.“With this, the SIR of Electoral Rolls will cover the entire country in Phase-III except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. After considering the completion of Phase-II of the Census in these three State/UTs and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches/ snow bound areas, SIR schedule for these three State/UTs will be announced later,” it added.“In the first two phases of the SIR in 13 States/UTs covering nearly 59 сгоге electors as on the date of order of SIR in the respective States/UTs, over 6.3 lakh BLOs and 9.2 lakh BLAs appointed by political parties were involved in various stages of the SIR process,” it further said.The poll body informed that during Phase III of the SIR, more than 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will conduct door-to-door visits to reach 36.73 crore electors during the enumeration phase, with support from 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) nominated by political parties.