India, May 31 -- After the Mumbai City election officer expressed concern about the slow progress of work on the pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state's electoral rolls because of several teachers and BMC employees appointed as booth-level officers (BLOs) not reporting for duty, Mumbai City election officer Ashwini Joshi on Friday sent a letter to the assistant commissioner of police (Law and Order).

Joshi, who is also the BMC's additional municipal commissioner, states in the letter that the BMC authorities have repeatedly contacted the employees through phone calls and messages and have also informed the concerned department heads on several occasions. Despite this, many employees have failed to join duty, resulting in dela...