Joint Chief Election Officer for the Union Territories (UTs) of J&K and Ladakh Anil Salgotra visited Kargil and checked the forms filled during Special Summary Revision of Electoral Roll 2021 on December 7.

The joint CEO visited various villages and polling centers of Shakar Chiktan sub-division including Chulichan, Kukarchey, Gyunkmaspang, and Ningros Hagnis polling stations. Deputy District Election Officer, Nargis Banoo, Tehsildar, and AERO Shakar Chiktan, Kacho Asgar Ali besides concerned officials of District Election Department Kargil also accompanied the Joint CEO during the tour.

Anil Salgotra did a ground assessment of summary revision works of the electoral roll in the Shakar Chiktan sub-division, where he also interacted with Booth Level Officers (BLO's) and other concerned officers.

During the visit at different polling centers, the Joint CEO took an assessment of the electoral forms wherein he approved the satisfactorily filled forms while as disapproved forms that didn’t fall on the pre-requisites of the documentation process.

He directed the concerned BLO’s to work with precision in works related to documentation of electoral rolls and also directed them to use the Garuda Application, of the Election Commission of India (ECI), for online registration. The application has been launched for digital mapping of all polling stations, to ensure faster, smarter, transparent, and timely completion of election work.

Earlier, the Joint CEO was received at Heniskote by Deputy Chief Election Officer Kargil Nargis Banoo besides other concerned officers and concerned officials of District Election Department Kargil.