{
  "id": 15332852,
  "title": "From door-to-door visits to special booths, Noida BLOs say SIR work ‘never stopped’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/from-door-to-door-visits-to-special-booths-noida-blos-say-sir-work",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:26:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/sir-exercise-door-door-special-booths-noida-blos-work-10926403/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Special Summary Revision (SSR) camps were held across Uttar Pradesh to register first-time voters and those left out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) rolls published in April. Suman Batra, a booth level officer (BLO) and teacher in Noida’s Sector 5 village of Harola, emphasized the importance of reaching out to every resident. Batra has been calling residents since the beginning of the SIR exercise, which lasted three months and resulted in deletions of over 13 crore names from the draft rolls in 30 states and Union Territories. Although many people were initially confused, the simplified rules now allow new voters added under special circumstances to register without providing SIR information. Around 900 polling centres in Gautam Buddha Nagar district held SSR camps on Saturday, with Vinay, a BLO since 2015, recounting his efforts to inform residents left out of the SIR. Despite the challenges, the BLOs continued their duties as teachers, balancing Form 6 registrations for new voters with their teaching responsibilities.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Noida BLOs conducted SSR camps across Uttar Pradesh to register first-time voters.",
    "Suman Batra, a Noida BLO, called residents continuously during the three-month SIR exercise.",
    "Vinay, a BLO since 2015, informed residents left out of SIR while balancing teaching duties."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The shift toward specialized registration camps and direct outreach allows officials to capture first-time voters and those missed during previous roll deletions despite the heavy workload placed on teacher-led staff.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Door-to-door BLO visits expected to include ‘left-out’ voters in Delhi SIR",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/door-to-door-blo-visits-expected-to-include-left-out-voters-in-delhi",
        "published": "2026-10-18T03:01:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}