Dehradun, May 23 -- Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in Uttarakhand on Saturday for a two-day visit, and conducted an on-site inspection of border-area polling booths in Uttarkashi district and reviewed preparations for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Chief electoral officer of Uttarakhand BVRC Purushottam welcomed him at Jhala helipad in Uttarkashi.

Kumar inspected remote and strategically sensitive areas, including Harsil in the Gangotri assembly constituency, which lies close to the India-China border.

Kumar interacted with booth level officers (BLOs) and reviewed ground-level implementation of the SIR exercise. He also examined mapping work and the use of the BLO application-- used for identify...