India, July 4 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 10 senior IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers (ERO) to oversee the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state, according to a notification issued on Friday.

The draft voters' list for Odisha is scheduled to be published on July 5.

In a notification, the office of Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) named 10 senior officers as the ERO to oversee the SIR of electoral rolls in the state with effect from July 1.

They have been asked to visit the districts assigned to them at least thrice during the SIR work, the notification said. During the revision process, each officer will have to undertake at least three rounds of field visits, including areas not...