Youth asked to enroll in voter’s list

PNS|Vijayawada

NTR District Collector and District Election Officer Dr S Dilli Rao has said that the voter registration programme should be expedited and youngsters in the age group of 18-21 should be enrolled as voters. He said that those who have attained the age of 18 should register their names in the voters’ list.

The Collector conducted a door-to-door campaign in this regard at Giripuram of Vijayawada Central constituency on Monday. He interacted with voters as well as youths and enquired whether the booth-level officers were conducting surveys.

Speaking on the occasion, he said there should be no complaints that people could not enroll themselves on the voters’ list. The booth-level officers should visit every household, enquire about the voters, and compare the voter lists. Also, receive objections from voters and link voter IDs with Aadhar cards, he added.

He further said that as of now, 16,47,643 voters were enrolled in the district. As many as 11,61,361 voter IDs were linked with the Aadhaar cards, which is 70.49 per cent. Linking of the remaining 29.51 per cent should be completed by December 31, he said. Voter ID linking is 84.65 per cent in the Tiruvuru constituency, 82.41 per cent in Nandigama, 82.30 per cent in Jaggaiahpet and 72.46 per cent in Mylavaram, he said.

The process was completed by 60.62 per cent in Vijayawada East, 60.87 per cent in Vijayawada West and 57.82 per cent in the Vijayawada Central constituency, he added. Tahsildar Vennela Srinu, BLOs Satish, Mallikharjuna Rao, Viswa Sri and Venkatesh were present.