Mumbai: BMC’s additional municipal commissioner Prajakta Verma-Lavangare, who is also additional district election officer, has directed that strict action will be initiated against officers and employees who fail to report immediately for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) programme of electoral rolls. She also instructed assistant commissioners and zonal deputy commissioners of the BMC and the electoral registration officers concerned to coordinate with one another to ensure the programme is completed smoothly in the district.The directive to initiate action against errant officials comes in the wake of several booth-level officers (BLOs), including school teachers and BMC employees, failing to report for SIR work on the programme’s first day on Tuesday. BLOs are responsible for collecting enumeration forms, distributing them to every household in their assigned areas, getting them filled, and uploading the details online.The directions to take action were issued during a review meeting on the functioning of the assistant electoral registration officers held on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, Verma-Lavangare said that while BMC officers and employees have responsibilities related to the monsoon, the SIR programme is equally important.BMC’s additional municipal commissioner and additional district election officer Vipin Sharma, additional commissioner (projects) and additional district election officer Abhijeet Bangar, additional commissioner (eastern suburbs) and additional district election officer Avinash Dhakane, and joint municipal commissioner (assessment and collection) Vishwas Shankarwar were present at the meeting.
