Sarang Dastane, TNN | Jul 19, 2015, 04.04AM IST
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PUNE: Many voters in the city and rural parts of Pune have not yet linked their Aadhaar number to voter identity cards. Of the 67 lakh voters in Pune district, only 10 lakh voters have submitted details to the administration in the special drive carried out in the last three months.
The poor response has prompted the administration to change its strategy. Now, booth-level officers (BLOs) will go door-to-door on Sunday to collect Aadhaar details from voters, in their respective areas, who have not submitted the information yet.
An official from the district election branch said, "The ongoing drive will end on July 31. We were expecting voters to come out on their own and submit the details. However, the response has been very poor. Only 10 lakh voters have given the details so far. The election commission has also given two more options to upload details — uploading information via SMS and through a website. These two processes also have got poor response."
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The official said that the drive aims to authenticate the electoral roll by removing names that are repeating. The administration had not deleted names from the list in 2014 being an election year. By getting rid of the duplication, the administration will get the real statistics of voters in every assembly constituency.
Sources said that the administration had set a target of linking Aadhaar details and voter IDs of 80% of the voters. Special drives were held on Sundays to help voters to submit applications at polling stations but the turnout remained very low.
Meanwhile, the administration has taken up steps for uploading of information received through 10 lakh forms. Authorities have already uploaded details of about 2.30 lakh forms, while the remaining work will be done by next month. There are about 67 lakh voters spread in 21 assembly constituencies in Pune, of which 11 are in urban and 10 in rural parts.
About 80% people in the district have secured Aadhaar number so far. Efforts are being taken to increase the enrollment.
13,081 names deleted from electoral roll:
As many as 13,081 names of voters have been deleted from the electoral roll for reasons like death and duplication. Names were deleted after conducting panchanamas and completion of necessary procedures. Authorities said that they have listed more names for deletion. The block-level officers have been conducting panchanamas and verifying voters' addresses. The drive will continue on Sunday. Names will be removed if the people are not staying at the given addresses or in case of death, said the authorities.
* Total voters: 67 lakh
* Information received so far: 10 lakh
* Form processed: 2.31 lakh
Booth-level officers will make door-to-door visits and conduct panchanams for deletion of names.