GHMC Election Officials Receives Training On SIR

Hyderabad: GHMC election officials from all 15 Assembly constituencies in Hyderabad district were trained on special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls as the district gears up for field-level voter list revision exercise from June 15.

The program was carried out on the instructions of GHMC commissioner RV Karnan, who is also the district election officer. Deputy voter registration officers, Assembly level master trainers, election MPs, Tahsildars, election clerks and election operators attended the training.

B. Chennaiah, nodal officer in charge of state-level education, M. Jaya Chandra Reddy, deputy collector in Telangana CEO’s office, and GHMC additional commissioner (Election) K. Chandrakala trained the officials.

The session discussed revision procedures of electoral rolls, verification of voter details, voter data management, documentation requirements and duties of election officials during SIR. According to GHMC, the focus is on “transparent and error-free revision implementation.”

Officials who completed the June 12 training will train booth-level officers and BLO inspectors from June 15 to June 24. GHMC said these sessions will prepare field staff for SIR-2026 in Hyderabad district as per Election Commission guidelines.