India, July 26 -- Amid the slow progress in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to deploy women from self-help groups (SHGs) to assist Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in door-to-door voter verification across nine assembly constituencies in the city, said the officials.

In a circular issued on July 24, PMC municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram said, "The SIR campaign, launched by the Election Commission on June 20, has so far achieved only about 50% progress. To accelerate the exercise, women working under the social development department's self-help groups will be appointed as assistants to BLOs."

The women from the SHGs will be deployed to cover the assembly...