Hyderabad, July 29 -- Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudharshan Reddy on Wednesday, July 29, clarified that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is exclusively intended to prepare an accurate and error-free electoral roll and has no connection whatsoever with any welfare schemes being implemented by the government.

The CEO was reviewing the progress of the SIR exercise with district election officers (DEOs) and district collectors through video conference with a special focus on the digitisation of enumeration forms.

Only five days remain for the submission of enumeration forms. He stated that 76 per cent of the digitisation process was completed and directed all districts to ensure 100 per cent by ...