India, Nov. 27 -- While the Gautam Budh Nagar administration claims the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has picked up brisk pace with expanded ground support, booth-level officers (BLOs) working in Noida and Greater Noida highlight a different reality marked by rising workload, long hours of field movement and a growing uncertainty after FIRs were lodged against the BLO staff earlier this month.

BLOs alleged the verification burden in high-rise clusters and rapidly expanding peri-urban villages has outpaced the manpower assigned to each sector, forcing them to extend work beyond their regular duty hours.

In Noida, Greater Noida and the rural belt, the BLOs said their daily schedules involve long verification ...