Nagpur: With an intensive, ground-level push to clean up electoral rolls, the Nagpur district administration has significantly accelerated voter verification, raising coverage from 30% to 67% in rural areas and 45% in the city within just two weeks. The drive, led by district collector Kumar Ashirwad, aims to ensure that all eligible citizens are included in the electoral roll and that errors in voter details are corrected ahead of upcoming elections as a part of pre-SIR mapping.Officials said the verification rate stood at just 30% a fortnight ago. The sharp rise has been attributed to tighter coordination between electoral registration officers, assistant electoral registration officers, supervisors, booth level officers and booth level agents from various parties.Ashirwad described voter verification as “national duty” and credited improvement to joint efforts at every level, from administrative officers to ground staff. He urged citizens to actively participate in the process to ensure no eligible voter is left out.With Nagpur lagging behind other districts earlier, the collector held direct interactions with BLOs to identify on-ground challenges. Officials with lower performance were given targeted training, while party BLAs were asked to extend full cooperation. Among 12 assembly constituencies in district, Katol recorded verification rate of 75%. Other constituencies include Umred at 83%, Ramtek 84%, Saoner 68%, Hingna 53% and Kamptee 56%. In urban Nagpur, Nagpur South-West stands at 46.37%, Nagpur Central 53%, West 41%, while Nagpur North 43%, East 44% and South 42%.
