Transcript Sh Soumitra Mohan,DEO,Burdwan,West Bengal

 Registration of eligible voters
 Bridging the gender gap
 Winning over voter apathy in registration
 Ensuring quick redressal of grievances
 Confidence building among voters
 Catering to young and urban voters through IT
 Ensuring higher voters’ turn out on the day of poll
 Increasing electoral participation through increased
stakeholders’
Enrolment of Voters
 Burdwan is a district with 54.5 lakh voters and 26
Assembly segments where we achieved the target of
100% EPIC coverage and 100% PER.
Building confidence
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CBMs in all the identified vulnerable pockets
and among the vulnerable voters.
DM, ADMs, ROs, SDMs, Dy Magistrates, BDOs,
extension officers and hundreds of Sector
Magistrates visited each and every vulnerable
pocket multiple times.
Feedback and corrective measures
Video 1 (BDO and OC of police station
interacting with voters)
Video 2 (BDO and OC of police station
interacting with voters)
Building confidence…
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24751 against 4358 in 2009 trouble-mongers booked
Almost all NBWs were executed; around 260 arrests
Seizure of 2800 bombs, 2000 explosives/detonators, 670
ammunitions, 540 illegal arms, deposition of 3800 licensed
arms
Seized and destroyed around 180000 litres illicit liquor
Lodged 155 cases against various political parties, twice
more against the ruling parties.
At least, one of the four ECI-mandated devices deployed in
each polling station namely CAPF, Video Camera, Web
casting and Micro Observer.
Model code of conduct
 Around
60,000 defacements removed.
 More than 900 complaints from the pol
parties and candidates disposed
 Where complaints were found true,
specific cases were registered with the
police, people booked and arrested.
 All ATRs uploaded on the District
Website.
SVEEP INITIATIVES: Reaching voters
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Multi-media approach
Wall writings, Quiz/Debates, Drawing competition
Leaflets, Signature Campaigns, Information Board
Writing a personalized letter to the voter and PP
Street Plays, Live TV chat shows, Human chain
formation, BLO-BLA meetings
Mobile Awareness Vans equipped with audio-visual
materials
Customized slides and audio-video messages beamed
through cinema halls and cable TV
Awareness tableaus and various other such means to
reach out to the voters
Regular Media Briefings
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 Apart from the basic minimum facilities, some
additional facilities were made available in many of the
polling stations of the district:
 Sitting arrangements/Sheds
 Resting rooms
 Creche
 First aid facillities
 Wheel chairs/Medical arrangements/Ambulances
 Priority to infirm, blind, specially enabled & senior
citizens
 Comfortable training programme for the polling personnel
including those on demand
 Specially designed literature for each polling person
 No long queue for attendance and attestation of Form 12A at
the training venues
 Specifically designed audio-visual material and literature were
very helpful tools in the training
 Poll duty remuneration credited into bank accounts of polling
personnel
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 Nodal officers for polling personnel welfare appointed and
their phone numbers mentioned in the appointment letters of
polling personnel
 No police tagging was done to save time and undue
harassment
 Tagging of SHGs to each polling station who provided the
hygienic and customized food for a cost.
 The arrangements for night stay at booth were made by the
respective sector officers using locally available resources.
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 Toilet kit provided to each polling parties which comprised
hair oil, shampoo, water pouch, basic medicines, tooth paste,
soap, mosquito coil, paper soap and Glucon D along with the
polling materials which was highly appreciated by them.
 Dropping of polling personnel at the pre-designated points
for them to reach their homes safely after reception of
materials.
 The colour-coding of various stalls of DCRC was introduced
for easier identification including a layout map and signages.
 Model Polling Station at DCRC for on-demand training.
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 Planned DCRC arrangement
 The colour-coding of various stalls of DCRC was
introduced for easier identification including a layout
map and signages.
 Model Polling Station at DCRC for on-demand
training.
For door step delivery of services like registration; delivery
of EPIC; complaint redressal; increasing consciousness on
voter turn out and ethical voting it was decided that women
from the community will be engaged as vounteers
Anganwadi workers, literacy workers, health workers,
members of self help groups and even some NGOs were
engaged as Vote-Bandhus.
The Vote-Bandhus were imparted training and given a kit, consisting of
the forms like form 6, form 8 and form 8A.
As they themselves belonged to the community, the Vote-Bandhus went
from door to door to conscientize the voters to make them aware about
ethical voting, various rights and duties as well as addressing/facilitating
any concerns or complaints.
Vote
Bandhus
with
senior
officers
took
part
in
of Voter Addas involving thousands of voters
to discuss various issues concerning the rights and duties
of a voter including the importance of ethical voting.
Business houses and brands offered
varied discounts to the voter if they
could produce their EPIC or show the
marked left forefinger following two
days after the voting.
 Facebook profile : Deo Burdwan
 Whatsapp for informal communication
 Cable television; Info Kiosks
 Well-prepared website : www.bardhaman.nic.in
 Web based GIS: www.bardhaman.gis.in
 Live monitoring of sensitive areas
 Helplines and Help Desks
Voters told about a specific mobile number to
which they sent an SMS sending their EPIC
number and immediately they would receive
information through SMS information regarding
the number of persons standing in the queue.
 Those who could log on to the internet could get
the same through district website.
 A mobile app was also created for delivering this
service to voters.
বুথে লাইন কেমন, জানা যাথব এে এসএমএথসই
রানা কসনগুপ্ত
বর্ধমান, ২৬ এপ্রিল, ২০১৪, ০০:৫৭:৩৮
ভ
াট প্রিতে প্রিতে কাঠফাটা ভ াতি কে ক্ষণ িাাঁপ্রিতে থাকতে হতব ভক
জাতন!
বাপ্রি ভথতক ভবত াতনা
ভ
সমতে সব ভ
াতিন। ঠিক কখন ভিতল বুতথ
প্রক ু টা আন্দাজ-অনুমান কত
অতনতক। বর্ধমাতন এ বা
াটা ই ভবার্হে এই আশঙ্কাে
সামতন লাইনটা ভ াট পাওো যাতব,
বাপ্রি ভথতক ভবত াতনা
যাতে ভ
াটা তি
আ
এই হা-হুোশ ক তে না হে, ভস বতন্দাবস্ত কত ত
বুতথ কে জতন
লাইন
তেত , এ বা
প্রিতে যাওো যাতব বর্ধমাতন। ভ
াতট
ভেষ্টাও কত ন
লাইতন িাাঁপ্রিতে থাকা
ভজলা িশাসন।
এসএমএতস ভজতন প্রনতেই ভ
প্রিন ভজলা জুতি এই বযবস্থা
হতে বতল জাপ্রনতেত ন ভজলাশাসক েথা প্র টাপ্রনধিং অপ্রফসা
ভমাহন। প্রেপ্রন বতলন, “ভ
লাইন
াতট
প্রিন বুতথ প্র
াতট
তেত , ো জানতে একটি এসএমএস ক তে হতব ভ
লাইতন িাাঁিাতে হতব।”
াখা
ভসৌপ্রমত্র
ি ভকমন বা কে জতন
পাল্টা এসএমএতস প্রেপ্রন ভজতন যাতবন, ঠিক কে জতন
ভ
াট
পত
াটা তক।
োাঁতক
CITIZENS: Know Voter’s in Queue through web site
Burdwan District Website(http://bardhaman.nic.in/home.htm)
Enter EPIC Number in the input area under “Type EPIC Number” and Click on
“SEARCH QUEUE” button. The following page will be displayed with the
Approximate Voter’s in Queue
Thanks