India, Aug. 5 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is progressing smoothly in Pune district, with more than 83.5% of enumeration forms distributed and 61.6% of the collected forms digitised, deputy district election officer Minal Kalaskar said on Tuesday.

Pune district has over 90.80 lakh voters across 21 assembly constituencies. As many as 8,417 booth level officers (BLOs), including more than 5,500 teachers, have been deployed for the exercise.

Kalaskar said the progress has been faster in rural areas compared to Pune city and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

"In rural Pune, nearly 99% of forms have been distributed, of which 88% have been digitised. In urban areas, including Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, more than 74% of forms h...