Hyderabad, Aug. 11 -- The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may shrink the Hyderabad voter list by around 40 percent.

Various reasons are behind the dip. One of the predominant reasons for the massive deletion is people falling under the ASDD (Absent, Shifted, Duplication and Death) category.

Other reasons are lack of awareness and the prevailing monsoon season in the city.

SIR may remove 19 lakh from Hyderabad voter list

As per the "Status report on SIR" shared by the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer at 6 pm on Monday, which was the last date to submit the enumeration form, 58.89 percent of forms have been digitised.

Out of 47,36,669 voters on the electoral rolls before the beginning of the SIR, the forms ...