New Delhi, January 25, (Scoop News)-JANUARY 25: Deputy Commissioner, Leh, Simrandeep Singh was today presented with Election Commission of India award for ‘Best Electoral Practices’ on the eve of National Voters’ Day- 2014.
The Award was presented to Simrandeep for his outstanding performance in Election Management while carrying out implementation of Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation Plan (SVEEP) in Leh District during the on-going Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls.
The Award was given to him at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi today by the President of India. The Award carried a Citation and a cash component of Rs 50,000.
Simrandeep actively carried out the SVEEP campaign in Leh, in convergence with Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghathan, Rural Development Department, Higher Education Department, Doordarshan, Leh and NHPC.
In a series of exceptional innovative activities, started during October last year, special Gram Sabhas were held in the entire district in which village wise voter lists were read out and relevant corrections were made on spot. Further special camps were held in all 9 blocks of the district for voter education. Street plays were held in different Polling stations and all attempts were made to reach out to probable Ladakhi voters residing outside Leh. As a result, Leh District was able to achieve 100 percent Photo Electoral Coverage, besides meeting complete targets of EP and Gender ratios.
Deputy Commissioner Leh figures among the three best performing, District Election Officers in the country, to receive the award this year, the two others being Deputy Commissioner Chamrajnagar from Karnataka and Deputy Commissioner, Saran from Bihar.
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