Voters List Verification Task: Chennai secures the last place!
Posted on: 16/Oct/2019 2:30:28 PM
In the district-wise ranking for the task of verification of details in the voters’ list, Chennai has secured the last place!
The task of verification voters’ details commenced throughout the country on 1st September. Under this scheme, the voters can verify their details using the website www.nvsp.in or the mobile App ‘Voter Helpline’. The deadline for this was set earlier as 30th September.
Now, the Election Commission has extended this up to 18th November.
Out of the 5.99 Crores voter in Tamil Nadu, 1,87 Crores voters have verified their details so far. Out of this, 5.78 lakhs voters have applied for corrections in the name, address, etc.
On the progress of this voter verification task, Perambalur district has secured the 1st place! 86% of voters have verified their data. Ariyalur district has secured the 2nd place. 69% of voters have verified their data.
Chennai district is in the last place! Only 8% of the voters have checked their voters’ details. Other district details: Coimbatore - 37.53% Trichy - 36.96% Tirunelveli - 34% Nilgiri - 54% Kanyakumari - 23%.
The 10 IAS officers, deployed especially for monitoring this task will be reviewing the awareness on the voter detail verification/correction.
The Election Commission has ordered the IAS officers to expedite this awareness.
