Voter awareness: Admn teams moving door to door, encouraging residents to vote at common places of villages

Voter awareness: Admn teams moving door to door, encouraging residents to vote at common places of villages

Students perform short skits/rallies and participate in Rangoli, Mehndi competitions for spreading awareness

Ludhiana, April 15:

In a bid to achieve the target of more than 70 per cent voter turnout during the Lok Sabha-2024 elections, the administration teams are actively involved in door to door awareness drives wherein the eligible residents are being encouraged to exercise their ‘Right to Vote’. 

Working under Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) program, awareness activities are also being conducted in villages and urban areas of the district. 

On Monday, door to door awareness events were held in different areas of the district including Labour chowk in Samrala, Village Leelan Megh Singh in Jagraon, Village Mehman Singh Wala in Pakhowal block among other places. Voter awareness programs are being organised at common places of the villages too. 

Apart from this, students from different Dakha schools performed short skits and students of Senior National High School conducted awareness rally near Aarti chowk to sensitise the residents. Rangoli and Mehndi competitions were held in GGN Public School near Rose Garden, Government Senior Secondary School near Bharat Nagar chowk, Government School in Sahnewal etc.   

Voter registration and awareness camps were also organised in Textile colony, Government College Sidhsar (Payal), DD Jain College in Kidwai Nagar etc.     

While the registered voters are being urged to vote, the eligible residents who are yet to register themselves are being appealed to get themselves enrolled as voters. 

The eligible residents can use ‘Voter Helpline’ mobile application and National Voter Services Portal (NVSP) for enrolling themselves as voters. The residents can also visit www.nvsp.in to register themselves as voters. The residents can enrol themselves as voters by May 3, 2024. 

District Election Officer (DEO)-cum-Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sakshi Sawhney said that the aim of district administration is to ensure maximum participation during the Lok Sabha-2024 elections and to achieve the target of more than 70 per cent voter turnout during the Lok Sabha elections (Iss Baar, 70 Paar). 

She appealed the residents to step out and cast their vote on the polling day (June 1) for a stronger democracy, which will also help in building a better future for the coming generations. She said that the administration is making all efforts to facilitate the voters including the persons with disabilities (PWD) at the polling stations, so that they can comfortably cast their votes.