India, Sept. 18 -- Delhi's chief electoral officer (CEO) Alice Vaiz said on Wednesday that work has begun on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and urged residents to check voter lists from 2002 to smoothen the verification process.

The announcement follows similar moves in Assam, where the reference date is 2005, and in states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal. In Bihar, the SIR exercise has been controversial with the revision triggered concerns over exclusion of legitimate voters.

Booth-level officers (BLOs) have been deployed across all assembly constituencies in Delhi, with training completed for all levels of election staff. "The steps were taken to ensure the successful conduct of the Special Intens...