Hyderabad, Feb. 4 -- With the Election Commission preparing for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list in Telangana, booth-level officers (BLOs) in Hyderabad have begun the process of linking names with the 2002 electoral roll, a step commonly referred to as progeny mapping.

Under the exercise, voters are being asked to keep ready details of their own names or those of close relatives that appear in the 2002 list. The work follows remarks by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar that SIR in states not covered in the first two phases would be rolled out shortly.

BLOs begin door-to-door visits

As part of the drive, BLOs have started visiting households in localities such as Shaheen Nagar and Sadath Nagar to carr...