Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Odisha will begin from April 1, the State Chief Electoral Officer announced on Friday, adding that the process aims to ensure a clean and accurate voter list ahead of future elections.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer, nearly 90 percent of the revision of the voter list has already been completed across the state. Out of the remaining 10 percent, at least 8 percent is expected to be corrected soon, while officials are making efforts to achieve 100 percent revision of the electoral rolls.

A key feature of the ongoing revision is that the corrections will be carried out based on the 2002 electoral roll records. Officials said that if a voter is ...