Training for officials begin

A training workshop for officials of the pilot project for voter list preparation with photos and national ID card began at Sripur Upazila Parishad auditorium yesterday.

The project work will begin on June 10, according to decisions taken at a preparatory meeting held on Tuesday.

With Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Syed Mizanur Rahman in the chair, Tuesday's meeting was attended by Police Superintendent Alamgir Alam, Sripur UNO and project coordinator Jalaluddin Ahmed, District Election Officer Shah Alam, Sripur Municipality Chairman Anisur Rahman and an official from Gazipur army camp.

The meeting decided that in 21 days from June 10, 16 to 22 camps will be set up.

Data collectors will go to voters' houses and distribute forms to be filled up and submitted by voters immediately or later to the camps.

Voters will go to camps where officials will take their photographs and fingerprints in front of data collectors.

Local municipality commissioners will identify the voters at camps that will remain open from 10am to 10pm.

A control room will also be set up at Sripur UNO office.

Those who will fail to enlist their names in the voter roll in 21 days will have to go to the control room later to enroll their names.

District Election Officer Shah Alam said 120 data collectors have already been selected primarily.

A letter has been sent to Pally Bidyut office to ensure smooth power supply during working hours at the camps.

According to the last voter roll, there were 44,687 voters in Sripur municipality.