Nagpur: As the month-long voter verification exercise enters its final phase, BLOs across Nagpur are increasingly operating from polling stations, schools, community halls and designated facilitation centres, spending more time collecting completed Enumeration Forms, assisting electors, resolving queries, and accelerating digitisation. The shift has, however, left many residents wondering whether door-to-door visits have ended altogether.Election officials clarified that the door-to-door exercise has not been discontinued. “However, if voters know their designated facilitation centre or polling station, they need not wait for a home visit. They can either contact their BLO and request a visit or meet the BLO at the facilitation centre to submit the Enumeration Form and get any queries resolved,” a senior election official said.Several BLOs have also been provided with additional support staff at facilitation centres to help manage voter queries, verify entries and speed up data entry. Over the weekend, the administration organised special SIR camps across the district, particularly in urban constituencies where progress has been slower, and similar drives are expected to continue.Nagpur has so far distributed 34.88 lakh Enumeration Forms, covering 75.2% of its 46.38 lakh electors, while 15.97 lakh forms (34.44%) have been digitised, as per district admin and State Election Commission data as on Monday.Officials said the exercise has now reached a significant milestone, with 163 of the district’s 4,610 polling parts achieving 100% digitisation. Kamptee accounts for the highest number of fully digitised polling parts at 69, followed by Ramtek (44), Katol (21) and Umred (16). Saoner has seven such polling parts, Hingna four, while Nagpur South-West and Nagpur East one each.“Carrying out the process at a facilitation centre is more efficient than making repeated visits to locked houses. At one place, we can collect forms, clear voters’ doubts, verify details on the spot, and immediately send completed forms for digitisation. It also saves considerable travel time, allowing us to assist more electors in a day,” said a BLO, requesting anonymity.For many residents, however, the change has created uncertainty. “I kept waiting because we were told the BLO would come to our homes. Later, a neighbour informed us that the BLO was operating from a nearby school,” said Rajesh Sharma, a resident of Nagpur South.Officials said the objective behind shifting BLOs to facilitation centres is to make better use of the limited time available before the close of the enumeration phase.BOX
