Bhubaneswar, December 26: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, is scheduled to arrive on a three-day visit to the State on Saturday (December 27).
During his stay, the CEC will visit Puri, Konark and also chair a meeting of the Booth Level Officers (BLOs).
According to an official communique, upon his arrival on December 27 in the State, Kumar will visit Puri and offer prayers at the Shree Jagannath Temple. Later, he will proceed to the Sun Temple at Konark.
On December 28 (Sunday), the CEC will visit heritage village Raghurajpur, about 10 kilometers away from Puri, Dhauli Shanti Stupa on Bhubaneswar outskirts and Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves, and the Mukteswar Temple in Bhubaneswar.
On December 29 (Monday), at 3 PM, the Chief Election Commissioner will preside over a meeting with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) at the auditorium of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, and address the gathering. Booth Level Officer is a local Government/Semi-Government official, familiar with the local electors and generally a voter in the same polling area who assists in updating the roll using his local knowledge. In fact, BLO is a representative of Election Commission of India (ECI) at the grass-root level who plays a pivotal role in the process of roll revision and collecting actual field information with regard to the roll corresponding to the polling area assigned to him.
BLO assists eligible citizens to become voters and obtain voter card. BLO provides those different forms for addition, deletion and correction of Electoral Roll entries, carries out physical verification, and gives his/her report to Electoral Registration Officer.
