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.List of states/UTs include: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.