MEETING HELD TO MAXIMIZE
SVEEP CAMPAIGN
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
A meeting was held today under the
chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner cum Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Sh.
Mandip Singh Brar with the Head of Departments & officials to discuss
various SVEEP activities undertaken by them under the SVEEP programme. During
the meeting, officials from CITCO, Chandigarh Transport Undertaking,
Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, Tourim & Estate Office discussed
ideas & mediums to maximize voter awareness and participation. In order to
improve participation of all sections of electorate, suggestions were made by
each officer on how their department can play a role to boost the awareness
programme and motivate the voters. The Election Commission Chandigarh has been
conducting various mass mobilisation activities under the SVEEP programme in
the city. These initiatives include Voters’ Helpline 1950, Voter list available
online, awareness seminars, Voters’ Facilitation Centres at Sampark and EVM
familiarisation camps at schools, colleges, medical institutions and public
offices with mock polls and dummy polling stations to provide the public with
information regarding the how, when and where of voting. Radio and Social Media
campaigns are also simultaneously run by the department to help the public
resgiater themselves as voters and exercise their right to vote in the upcoming
Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral
Participation program, better known as SVEEP, is the flagship program of the
Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and
promoting voter literacy in India.
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