Rajouri Feb.01:The two day Workshop Organised by District Election Authorities Rajouri concluded today that involving training cum conference for Booth Level Officers(BLOs) of district Rajouri.
There were wide ranging discussions held on voter awareness to increase the voter turnout and handling of EVMs and VVPAT machines which would be used for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir.
They were trained in ‘House to house verification of pre filled BLO registers’ during the training programme.
The BLOs were given a glimpse of of online registration mechanism for voters to acquaint them with online voter registration and updation mechanism.
The training sessions were held under the direct supervision of District Election Officer Mohammad Aijaz Asad.
The training programme was held at conference Hall of PG College Rajouri in which 650 BLOs participated.
Speaking on the occasion the Election authorities highlighted the importance of fault free BLO registers for fair conduct of election. They emphasised upon BLOs to ensure that no household is left out from verification process of pre filled BLO registers.
The training program was aimed to update the BLOs about adoption of ICT tools like ERO NET launched by the Election Commission of India for online delivery of services. BLOs were made aware of procedure for conduct of house to house verification of pre filled BLO registers and use of mobile based applications to make necessary corrections.
The trained BLOs will further disseminate the information and knowledge gathered to the voters residing in their respective jurisdiction and would ensure that percolation of information goes down even to the last household.
The training was conducted through video & power point presentation by District Level Master Trainers (DLMT).
They explained the trainees about online processing of forms through ERO net and role of BLO in online processing of forms besides highlighting other features like ER management and polling station management.