Malkangiri, 13/6/26: Under the direction of the Election Commission of India, Malkangiri district administration has organized a comprehensive and marathon Special Brief Voter List Revision (SIR-2026) awareness program in preparation for the sweep. The administration has launched a massive campaign to involve 100 per cent eligible citizens of the tribal communities living in the most remote and hilly areas of the district in the democratic electoral process. Special attention has been given to the people of the Banda and Diblik tribal tribes and the Koya tribal communities who are far from the mainstream of society and made them aware of the right to vote. These special awareness camps have been organized in various village panchayats of Khairput and Madhya blocks of the district and the local residents have been encouraged to raise their voices. This mega awareness campaign was conducted under the keen leadership and supervision of Malkangari Upazilapal and District Sweep Nodal Officer Duryodhan Bhoi. In this field outreach program, many senior administrative officers of district and block level visited remote tribal areas and directly interacted with local people. Khairput Block Development Officer and Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) and Kudumulugumma Tehsildar and Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) participated in the program and highlighted various aspects of voter list preparation and revision. He was accompanied by Padiya Block Development Officer and ARO Ashwini Kumar Mohapatra, Malkangari Assistant District Magistrate and ARO K. Ashok Chakraborty and Assistant District Collector Ajay Mandangi of the Upazilapal’s office were present and explained in simple terms how every eligible person can include his name in the voter list. The project director of Mudulipada-based Banda Development Corporation along with his entire team also joined the campaign to create widespread awareness among the Banda tribe. Taking into account the language and culture of the primitive tribes, they were made aware of the value of each of their votes in a democracy. Officials present at the camp gave information through demo on the process of registration of new voter names, deletion of names of dead or transferred voters and correction of mistakes in the voter card. The local tribes appreciated this concerted and strong effort of the Malkangari district administration and they all agreed to verify their names in the coming days. The Sweep Nodal Officer informed that the main objective of the administration is to ensure that no eligible citizen is deprived of his democratic rights.
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