Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) C Sudarshan Reddy has directed all district collectors and district election officers to give wide publicity to the phone numbers of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and actively promote the ‘Book-a-Call with BLO’ facility available on the Election Commission of India’s ECINET platform to improve voter mapping and verification.

The CEO said the initiative will enable electors to directly contact their respective BLOs through the ECINET system to correct and validate their details during the ongoing electoral roll revision process. He instructed the officials to ensure that Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) immediately update any changes in BLO contact numbers on the ERO Net platform. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Commissioner, along with district collectors and district election officers across the State, have been asked to issue necessary directions to field staff for effective implementation of the facility.

The CEO also stressed the need for proactive outreach so that electors are able to easily book calls with BLOs for mapping and verification of their particulars. The directive follows measures taken by the ECI to strengthen public interface mechanisms and improve the accuracy of electoral rolls at a time when special intensive revisions are underway in several States.