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Chief Electoral Officer holds meeting to make election accessible for PwD voters

Chandigarh, 25th March, 2019: In view of the upcoming elections, a meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner cum Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar with the representatives from various Banks.

The meeting focused on ways to maximize voter awareness and participation. In order to improve participation of all sections of electorate, suggestions were made by all the bank representatives to boost the awareness programme and motivate the voters. In order to increase the SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) programme in the city, awareness has been created among different segments of the society like, medical institutions, hotel industry, and now with the banks.

The Deputy Commissioner also suggested that special awareness camps can be organized to facilitate the bankers with complete information regarding the entire electoral process, particularly the usage of EVM machine & VVPAT, thereby ensuring maximum citizen participation.

Among others present were nodal officers for SVEEP, Smt. Navjot Kaur, PCS, Director Social Welfare, Smt. Radhika Singh, HCS, Director Government Museum and Art Gallery, representatives of the various banks.

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