At 22%, Hyd has highest number of unmapped electors in T

Hyderabad: In the ongoing pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, Hyderabad, Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy together account for 52.79% of Telangana’s unmapped electors, making the Greater Hyderabad region the biggest challenge ahead of the Election Commission’s house-to-house verification drive from June 25.According to data released by the chief electoral office, the three districts together have 66.8 lakh unmapped electors out of Telangana’s total 1.26 crore unmapped electors.Telangana’s mapping completion rate is over 62%As per the report dated May 11, Telangana has 3.39 crore electors, of whom 2.12 crore have been mapped. The overall mapping completion rate in the state stands at 62.66%, leaving 1.26 crore electors yet to be mapped.Hyderabad has the highest number of unmapped electors at 28.3 lakh, accounting for 22.40% of the state total. Medchal Malkajgiri follows with 19.51 lakh unmapped electors (15.41%), while Rangareddy has 18.97 lakh unmapped electors (14.98%).Together, these three urban districts account for more than half of Telangana’s unmapped electors.Mapping nears completion in rural districtsJangaon recorded the highest mapping completion rate in the state at 86.15%, followed by Mahabubabad (84.68%), Siddipet (84.06%), Yadadri Bhongir (83.48%) and Narayanpet (80.19%).At the lower end, Medchal Malkajgiri reported the poorest performance with a completion rate of 34.52%, followed by Hyderabad (39.50%), Rangareddy (48.69%), Sangareddy (58.59%) and Hanumakonda (67.20%).Chief electoral officer C Sudharshan Reddy attributed the slower progress in urban areas to frequent migration and the non-availability of electors at their registered addresses.Form distribution a challenge in citiesOfficials said the pre-SIR exercise is intended to help election authorities identify houses and households before the actual revision process begins. This groundwork is expected to play a crucial role during the upcoming house-to-house verification.“We distribute the forms. Whoever receives the form has to fill it and return it. Distribution of forms is slightly difficult in urban pockets. We have to collect them back within a month, and that becomes challenging,” Sudharshan Reddy said.