India, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has begun preparations for a special intensive revision (SIR) of the national capital's voter list, ahead of a verification drive that must be completed by October 26.

The move follows an Election Commission (EC) notification issued on Tuesday, mandating revisions to state- and union territory-level voter lists using 2002 as the base year.

Voters will be asked to verify their names and those of their parents in the 2002 rolls. "This will be helpful during house-to-house visits to collect required documents," the Delhi CEO said.

To assist voters who may have moved in the past two decades, today's Assembly constituencies have been mapped against those from 2002.

Delhi currently ...