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Chapter No Name Page

I District Profile 3 – 6

II Electoral Profile 7 – 8

III GAP Analysis 9 – 12

IV SVEEP 2018 Action Plan 13 – 15

V Focus Areas 16 – 17

VI Strategies 18 – 23

VII SVEEP Monitoring 24

VIII Implementation 25

CHAPTER-1At a Glance

Nagarkurnool is a district in the southern region of the Indian state ofTelangana. The town of Nagarkurnool is the district headquarters. It was part of theMahbubnagar district prior to re-organisation of districts in the state. Nagarkurnoolis located between 16.48 degrees northern longitude and 78.32 Eastern latitude. Thetown is situated approximately 458.0 m above sea level. Nagarkurnool lies in a semi-arid tropical region. Recently it upgraded into Nagar Panchayat. The district sharesboundaries with Nalgonda, Rangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Wanaparthy districts andwith Andhra Pradesh State.

In the year 2016, Nagarkurnool became a district, which was previously part ofMahbubnagar District. The new district has three revenue divisions Nagarkurnool,Achampet & Kalwakurthy with a total of twenty Mandals. It is the business andeducation center for the surrounding villages and towns. The district is spread overan area of 6,924.00 square kilometres. More than 70% of the people still earn a livingfarming. The main crops are Maize, Paddy, Groundnut, Castor and Sorghum.

History of NagarkurnoolNagarkurnool has a history dated back to more than 500 years. One version of

the story says that Nagarkurnool was named after the Kings Nagana and Kandana,brothers who ruled the present day Nagarkurnool and surrounding area. The villageNaganool (which was named after Nagana) still exists, approximately 1 km southeastof Nagarkurnool. Around 110 or 120 years ago, Nagarkurnool was a main junction fortransport and district headquarters for most of the south Telangana region. Farmerstraveling in this area would buy and apply kandena (grease) for their carts. This storysays the name of the town comes from the name Kandanool, meaning "he who sellskandena", which eventually became Kurnool and then Nagarkurnool.

Population as per census 2011:

Description 2011 Projected (2018)Actual Population 8,61,666 9,31,862Male 4,37,986 4,73,612Female 4,23,780 4,58,250Population Growth 1.162% -Sex Ratio 968 968Total Literate 4,10,159 4,43,521Male Literate 2,47,538 2,67,673Female Literate 1,62,621 1,75,848Rural Population 7,73,936 8,36,888Urban Population 87,830 94,974

SC/ST Population of Nagarkurnool Census 2011There are 21.32% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 12 .40% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of

total population in Nagarkurnool. The details are in the table given bellow-Scheduled Castes Population

SI.No Parameters Unit State NGKL %

A Total Nos. 5408800 183769 21.32B Males Nos. 2693127 92814C Females Nos. 2715673 90955D Sex Ratio Ratio 1008 980

ST Population of Nagarkurnool Census 2011Scheduled Tribes Population

SI.No Parameters Unit State NGKL %

a Total Nos. 3177940 106880 12.32b Males Nos. 1607656 55300C Females Nos. 1570284 51580D Sex Ratio Ratio 977 933

Nagarkurnool district has a primitive tribe (Chenchu) with apopulation of 9714 living in 111 Chenchu Pentas. All the ChenchuPentas are categorized into three viz, Core Area; Reserve Area andBuffer Area with about 05-15 houses in each of it.

Administrative Units

(i) Revenue Divisions 03(ii) No. of Mandals 20(iii) No. of Revenue Villages 349(iv) Gram Panchyats 300(v) Municipalities (incld. 04

Corporations & NPs)(vi) No. of Assembly constituencies 03(vii) No. of Parliamentary constituency 01(viii) No. of Polling booths 775(ix) No. of Polling locations 481

CHAPTER-IIElectoral Profile

As per the Final Roll (As on 24.03.2018), the total number of electors in the

State is 2.53 crore with 1.28 crore male electors and 1.24 crore female electors. The

EP Ratio for the District as per Census is 62.5

THE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY WISE MEN AND WOMEN VOTERS AND POPULATION RATIOPARTICULARS IN NAGARKURNOOL DISTRICT

81-NAGARKURNOOL

Sl.No.

Name of theMandal

Population-2011

Projected

Population-2018

(+8.5%)

PS.No.

Voters

TotalElectrors

ElectionPopulatio

n ratioMale Female Others

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Thimmajipeta 40424 43712 38 13894 13936 1 27831 63.67

2 Bijinapally 72647 78557 64 25115 24633 1 49749 63.33

3 Nagarkurnool 77264 83550 69 26426 26205 4 52635 63.00

4 Telkapally 49585 53619 51 18847 18307 1 37155 69.29

5 Tadoor 35839 38754 37 12495 12142 3 24640 63.58

Total 275759 298192 259 96777 95223 10 192010 64.39

82-ACHAMPET

1 Charakonda 13747 14902 14 5530 5101 0 10632 71.34

2 Vangoor 36063 39092 36 13891 13598 1 27490 70.32

3 Uppununthala 33478 36291 34 12875 12910 5 25790 71.06

4 Achampet 70622 76556 59 24639 24423 8 22334 29.17

5 Balmoor 42330 42025 37 15755 14880 1 30636 72.89

6 Lingal 34984 37919 33 12767 12809 0 25576 67.44

7 Amrabad 50133 54344 48 19771 19381 5 39158 72.05

Total 281357 301129 261 105228 103102 20 181616 60.31

Sl.No.

Name of theMandal

Population-2011

Projected

Population-2018

(+8.5%)

PS.No.

Voters

TotalElectrors

ElectionPopulatio

n ratioMale Female Others

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

85-KOLLAPUR1 Peddakothapally 56461 61054 50 20177 18875 2 39054 63.96

2 Kodair 42828 46310 36 14770 13919 0 28689 61.94

3 Pangal 48330 52488 42 17138 15881 1 33020 62.91

4 Weepanagandla 27378 29605 28 9914 9494 19410 65.56

5 Chinnambavi 28949 31304 27 11466 11029 2 22497 71.87

6 Kollapur 55466 59978 53 21034 20195 9 41238 68.76

7 Pentlavelly 20744 22432 19 7661 7381 0 15042 67.05

Total 280156 303171 255 102160 96774 14 198950 65.62District Total 837272 902492 775 304165 295099 44 572576 63.44

ConstituencyReturning officerName and Contact

DetailsDesignation

Returningofficer Nameand Contact

Details

Returning officer Nameand Contact Details

NagarkurnoolAC–81 V.HANMAN NAIK

RevenueDivisional OfficerRDO OfficeNagarkurnool

9000101504 [email protected]

Achampet AC–82 R.PANDU

RevenueDivisional OfficerRDO OfficeAchampet


Kollapur AC– 85 G.SRI RAMULU

Special DeputyCollector,MGLISP,Nagarkurnool


CHAPTER-IIIStatistical analysis of the electors (GAP Analysis)

The GAP analysis, include the following.

Electoral Population (EP) ratio Gender Ratio Age Cohort Analysis Voter Turnout PS Details In accessibility and lack of awareness amongst certain groups Personnel on election duty

The indicators used by District Electoral Officer contains certain statisticalindicators for benchmarking the number of people who ought to be registered as electors.These are:

Electoral Population (EP) ratio Gender Ratio Age Cohort Analysis

Elector-Population RatioThe EP Ratio is equal to the total number of registered electors divided by the

total population of the District. As a reference this is compared to the Censusprojections of total population for the year of the analysis. In simple terms it refersto the proportion of the population of people who are 18 years of age and more inthe total population. A very high EP ratio may indicate the presence of duplicatenames in the Electoral Rolls while a very low EP ratio may point to the need to includemissing but eligible persons as electors.

The EP ratio of Nagarkurnool is 63.44 it means nearly 63% of population of theNagarkurnool District is registered in the electoral roll. We take a clear idea of theelectoral roll after analyzing the variation across the mandals in NagarkurnoolDistrict. According to the Mandal wise date of the EP Ratio we find that the fivemandals i.e., Kodair, Pangal, Achampet, Nagarkurnool & Bijinepally are lower thanthat of District Average.

Constituency with Highest EP Ratio in the District is Kollapur (65.62)Constituency with Lowest EP Ratio in the District is Achampet (60.31)

Gender RatioIn the Electoral Roll, the gender ratio refers to the number of female electors per

1000 male electors. The sex ratio is the ratio of males to the females in populationand calculated as the number of females per 1000 males. It is a sort of socio-demographic pointer on the balance between men and women in the population.

Gender ratio in Nagarkurnool District, the gender ratio of the elector as perroll on the basis of which the last General election Loksabha (2014) was conductedwas 968 that became 968 at the time of draft roll publication on (w.r.t) 01-01-2018as the qualifying date.

Age Cohort Analysis

The electoral rolls are analyzed to get the number of electors in each age group(18 years-19 years; 20-29 years; 30-39 years and so on). These are then comparedwith the Census figures to identify which age groups require focus in terms of higherregistrations and which require focus in terms of removing duplications or no longervalid entries. The annual analysis of every age group is done in cohorts of 10 years,but that of young and new electors is done in the age cohort of 18-19 years.This enables the election machinery to focus their efforts on enrolling this age groupimmediately on attaining eligibility.

Nagarkurnool District Age-Cohort Wise Elector Information

District Population in numbers (Projected upto the year of current revision)[X]District Population of 18+ only in numbers (Projected upto the year of currentrevision) [Y]

Age Cohort

ProjectedPopulation

in age cohort(Projected upto

the year ofcurrent revision)

%age of (2) to'X'

i.e. totalPopulation as

per census

Electorsas

proposed Finalroll revised

w.r.t.1/1/2018

as thequalifying

date

% age of (4)to 'X' i.e. to

totalpopulationas per voter

roll

% age of(4)

to 'Y' i.e.registered voters

vseligiblevoters

1 2 3 4 518-19 37777 4.05 % 1478 0.16 % 0.22 %20-29 169963 18.24 % 117877 12.65 % 17.59 %30-39 152506 16.37 % 201238 21.60 % 30.03 %40-49 117440 12.60 % 121732 13.06 % 18.16 %50-59 78632 8.44 % 79203 8.50 % 11.82 %60-69 57898 6.21 % 47542 5.10 % 7.09 %70-79 63285 3.89 % 22777 2.44 % 3.40 %80+ 19725 2.12 % 7500 0.80 % 1.12 %

TOTAL:: 670226 71.92 % 599347 64.32 % 89.42 %

Voter turn out

Sl.No Constituency Total

ElectorsPolled votes

in 2014Poll % in

2014Poll% in

20091 Achampet 204850 146645 71.59% 68.72%2 Kollapur 208312 155224 74.52% 70.55%3 Nagarkurnool 204630 151117 73.85% 68.77%

Total :: 617792

452986 73.32% -

Since introduction of SVEEP in 2010, one of the most significant impactsobserved has been the increase in the voter turnout. The voter turnout figures of thethree ACs of Nagarkurnool District in Elections before 2014 were quite dismal andthe voter turnout in Assembly Elections had actually dipped from 2004 to 2009. Thiswas completely reversed with achievement of highest ever voter turnout (73.32%) in2014 Assembly Elections.

To prepare the SVEEP action plan 2018, lesson from these experiences havebeen taken and plans are prepared to keep up the momentum and push it further. Atthe same time it also focuses on identifying the areas, which still recorded a lowturnout so that these can be addressed on priority.

PS Details

Sl.No Category Nagarkurnool AC Achampet AC Kollapur AC

1 Sensitive/HyperSensitive PS 55 53 46

2 Interior PS Nil 07 Nil

3 Rural PS 237 241 233

4 Urban PS 22 20 22

In accessibility and lack of awareness amongst certain groups

PWDs

A very important group that many a times is not able to participate in thedemocratic process because of their special needs is Persons with Disabilities (PwD).The following table provides the constituency wise number of PwDs.

Sl.No Name of theAC

Number of PS with PWDs0-5 6-15 16-30 Above 30 Total

1. Achampet 64 124 68 5 2612. Nagarkurnool 66 125 63 5 2593. Kollapur 70 127 53 5 255

Total:: 200 376 184 15 775

The above table indicates that there is no Polling station without PwD in theDistrict. The District has been encouraging inclusion and participation of PwDthrough a variety of measures. Special facilities like ramp for wheelchair, assistancein voting and allowing companion with blind voters to assist them are provided ateach Polling Station. However many PwD may not be aware of these facilities. Withinadequate awareness and limited accessibility, PwD are likely to be left out of theelectoral process by the machinery unless specific interventions are planned forthem. Special efforts need to be made to reach out to these PwD to ensureregistration and turnout.

Personnel on Election Duty:

Sl.No Name of the AC Postal Ballots2009 2014

1 Achampet 651 6302 Nagarkurnool 819 11643 Kollapur 720 1242

Total:: 2190 3036

It is observed that, a minimum of 10000 personnel (including Police) aredeployed on Election duty but, the Postal Ballots in 2009 & 2014 as shown above areless than 30%. Special efforts are being made to obtain duty certificate and EPIC No.to provide Postal Ballot to all these deployed staff.

CHAPTER-IV

SVEEP – 2018 Action Plan for Nagarkurnool District.

Low Voter turnout has always been a matter of concern. It was realized thatvoter education must concentrate on bringing behavioral change in the outlook ofthe voters so SVEEP-Nagarkurnool has now been working as an outgoing activityand not as an one time election related effort. So, since the legislative election 2014SVEEP activities has now become an ongoing effort following are the missions ofSVEEP –

1. Increase voter registration to increase voter turnout.2. Provide continuous electoral and democracy education.3. To secure qualitative participation in terms of ethical and informed

voting.

Goals

The main goal of SVEEP intervention is to realize voter education for bringingbehavioral change. The main goal of SVEEP intervention will be to educate people onethical voting. In this scenario, SVEEP becomes an important tool for disseminatingauthentic information to the electors regarding extensive security arrangement madeby the election commission; provide smooth facilitation for registration inelectoral roll and hassle-free voting experience. Besides above other goals arefollowing-

To bridge the gap in terms of EP ratio To bridge gap in terms of gender ratio To bridge gap in terms of excluded communities/groups To bridge gap in terms of age cohort To bridge gap in terms of turnout in simultaneous elections of 2018

(Assembly election) and 2019 (parliament election) To bridge other gaps like urban apathy, literacy and migration

The systematic assessment of previous electoral data will be carried out toguide the intervention. In addition to this a comparative study of statistical andnumeric data will be secured to have a clear understanding of reasons for gapsand non-participation of the general people in electoral process.

ObjectivesThe core objectives of SVEEP is to take forward of the election commission’s

mandate of conducting free and fair election based on an error free andauthenticated electoral roll with higher level of participation and inclusiveness ofvoters.

Build trust in and improve the image of the democratic system throughgreater facilitation measures, and through training and capacitybuilding, and by creating linkages between the private and public sectorsto encourage quality of services

Strengthening administrative and institutional mechanism. Targeting gaps in registration and voter turnout among PwDs. Targeting and motivating youth and urban citizens for registration and

voter turnout Mainstreaming electoral literacy in school curriculam, training

programmes, adult literacy programme and informal educationinitiatives.

Targeting future voters, special attention to be paid on school goingyouths.

Enabling to create a supporting environment for meaningful civicengagement through community dialogues, social mobilization and byemploying more partners and stake holders.

Institutional Setup

Sl.No Level Participants1 District Level A group of District Officers has been

appointed has Nodal Officer forSVEEP program

2 Constituency Level EROs has been appointed has NodalOfficer for SVEEP program

3 Mandal Level AEROs has been appointed has NodalOfficer for SVEEP program with thehelp of MPDOs & MEOs.

4 PS Level Booth awareness groups (BAGs) areappointed for SVEEP programconsisting of BLOs, PanchayatSecretary, ASHA, Anganwadi workers,Head Masters.

Partnerships

Since beginning of SVEEP activities in the State, resource mobilization throughstrategic partnerships has been one of the very successful and effective components.SVEEP 2018 banks on these strong partnerships forged till now and also intend tocreate newer ones. This resource mobilization encompasses stakeholders from alldifferent spheres of society including Government Agencies, Private Agencies, CivilSociety Organizations, Media and Eminent Citizens/Celebrities. These partnershipsprovide a multiplier effect to the strategies and efforts of SVEEP 2018. A singlepartnership activity reaches hundreds and sometimes lakhs through its extendednetworks, be it Radio Partner or SHG network or appeal by State Icons.

Central Government Agencies that are partnering in SVEEP include thefollowing:

1. Doordarshan2. All India Radio3. BSNL4. Postal Department5. NCC6. NSS

State Government Departments / Agencies are as follows:

1. Education Department2. Health & family Welfare Department3. Women & Child Development Department4. Information & Broadcasting Department5. All Welfare Department6. Labour & Employment Department7. Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities Department8. Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Department9. Revenue Department10. Panchayats & Rural development Department11. Agriculture & Cooperation Department12. Municipalities13. Police Departments14. Engineering (R&B, PR, RWS) Departments

People & other Organisations

1. Lions club2. Red Cross Society3. Rice Miller Associations4. Senior Citizen Associations5. Fertilizer dealers6. Ration dealers etc.,

CHAPTER-V

Focus Areas

While the most important focus area is always ensuring maximum voterturnout and participation in all elections, there are some other focus areas alsowhich require to be emphasized upon. Such additional focus areas of SVEEP 2018have been identified as follows:

(i) EVM & VVPAT: Based on inadequate awareness on EVM and with theintroduction of the new concept of VVPAT, intensive awareness onthese becomes imperative.

(ii) Electoral Inclusion: SVEEP-Nagarkurnool has put strong emphasison inclusion of groups, which are left out or have low participation likePwD, Senior Citizens, Migrants, Election duty personnel and ExcludedCommunities/Groups etc. This has been taken up as one of the focusareas of SVEEP 2018

EVM & VVPAT: How to Cast Vote on EVM

Information about the polling process and also provisions for tendered vote,challenged vote, and provision for exercising voting right by choosing none of theabove (NOTA) option will be disseminated. The last button on the EVM is NOTA,which a voter can press if she/he does not wish to vote for any of the contestingcandidates.

For the first time VVPAT would be used for voting in all the polling stations inensuing Legislative Assembly election 2018 in Telangana State. So an extensiveawareness programme will be launched from 04-10-2018 to familiarize the electorswith use of VVPAT.

Live demo of EVM & VVPAT to sensitize the public at EROs/AEROs,Colleges, Schools, Govt. Offices, Bus Stands, Public Places etc.

Demonstration of VVPAT through mobile van at AC level. BLOs would be very well trained on EVM/VVPAT machines. EVM/VVPAT machines awareness posters would be posted on major

govt. buildings, public centers, banks, hospitals, bus stands, etc. Calendar for EVM/VVPAT demo polling station wise to be prepared

and to be widely circulated. Training programme for poll personnel. Familiarization programme with political parties. Video-clips showing use of VVPAT to be telecasted through Local TV

channels, Cinema Halls, Social Media etc., Distribution of pamphlets to all the Households (approx. 2.00 Lakhs)

along with Voter slips.

Calendar Events for EVM & VVPAT

Sl.No Date Event

1. 04-10-2018

Launching of awareness program with massdemonstration of EVM & VVPATs at District Hqrs.Interview by District Collector on EVM &VVPAT in Local Press & Electronic media

2. 05-10-2018 Training to EROs, AEROs, Route Officers andSector Officers

3. 06-10-2018 Demonstration of EVMs & VVPAT working to therepresentatives of Political Parties

4. 08-10-2018

Interaction with Media/Press on the working ofVVPATsInterview by District Collector on accessibleelections for PwDs in Local Press & Electronicmedia

5. 09-10-2018 Demonstrations to other Participatinggroups/Institutions.

The mass demonstration program will be held weekly once (every Friday) tillthe polling day at the District headquarters, which will be open for mass public.Apart from this, 15 EVMs will be sent to each Assembly Constituency to display atall the Mandals and Villages. Five EVMs will be kept at District headquarters to setup a District Centre.

Sl.No Date Event

1. 09-10-2018Launching of awareness program with massdemonstration of EVM & VVPATs at all ACheadquarters with a permanent setup.

2.10-10-2018

To17-10-2018

14 EVMs will be taken to all mandalheadquarters of each ACs for display and livedemo.

3.20-10-2018

To31-10-2018

From mandal headquarters all the 14 EVMs willbe taken to every village for display and livedemo.

CHAPTER-VI

Strategies/Approaches (3600 Coverage)

SVEEP 2018 adopts general communication principle of 360 degreecoverage and packs up a wide array of different approaches, mediums andactivities. The overall approach is broadly divided in three key strategies viz. (i)Communication (ii) Engagement and (iii) Facilitation engagement aims to involveand engage the voters in different activities on as much scale as possible.Facilitation mainly is to offer assistance to voters on specific queries. One suchapproach being adopted in SVEEP 2018 is to disseminate communication ondifferent factors that affect the Voter Behavior. While it is not possible to listdown all the innovations that are carried out under this section, some of themajor planned engagement activities include Rallies like Bike Rallies, CycleRallies, Women Rallies; 2k/3k Run, Competitions like Poster competition,Drawing/Painting Competition, Rangoli Competition, Road Shows; Awarenessactivities through Booth Awareness Groups; Meetings with political parties, ,Meetings with Resident Welfare Associations, Ward & Gram Sabhas, Tom-Tom;etc. Many other activities will also be planned and executed at Mandal and Villagelevels.

Facilitation is mainly aimed at providing assistance to voters having specificqueries or needing help in enrolment or voting related aspects. A number offacilitation platforms are already functional and these will be supported through on-ground outreach facilitation activities. Currently the services on Telephone Helpline,SMS query are functional. Wide publicity of these channels will be carried out.Information of these services will be part of every communication message across allmediums and channels.

Social Media platforms like Facebook Page of DEO Office and WhatsApp willalso be actively used to address voters’ queries. Information about NVSP portal andits services will also be widely communicated. Help Desks will be set upparticularly at places where large number of people are gathering or passing by.This will include Market Places, Bus Stations.

Target group

One of the key components of SVEEP 2018 is Target Group SpecificInterventions. The following target groups have been identified as priority groups forcoverage under this component.

1. Youth2. Women3. PwDs4. Migrants5. Service voters6. Senior citizens

Youth

Voter turnout has always been low among youth voter due to general apathy,lack of awareness about the entire electoral process and lower registration amongfirst time voters of 18-19 years. Thus we have recognized it as one of the biggestchallenges that needs special attention. Steps will be taken to use the services ofyouth icons, campus ambassadors to motivate the youth for enrolling in electoralrolls and cast their vote to attract the attention of young voter’s and future voter’s,young voter festival will be organized in higher educational institution in districtsfor enrolling them. Innovative partnership with government department will beestablished to catch the youth. Creative contents will be created and will beincluded as outreach materials besides this following competition will be organizedin every district to catch the youth

a) Debateb) Essay writingc) Poster design competitiond) Rangoli competition.

For attracting the youths the messages will be disseminated through the socialmedia platform like facebook, twitter and whatsapp. The partners dealing with theyouths like NSS, NCC and NYKS will be engaged to bring the youths in electoralmainstream.

Activities for future votersSharing the wishes of the election commission of India to catch the future

voters of 15-17 year age group when they are young and school children. Paintingand quiz competition to be organize every year.

Besides this as per the instruction of commission Interactive schoolengagement programme is organized twice the year in which all election officershave been visiting schools and interacting with the students.

Women

Traditionally participation of women has always been lower than men in theelectoral process. This applies to both enrollment as well as voting turnout. Howeveramong different mandals there is a wide variation in this with the Gender Ratio gap.The Mandal with higher gap will be focused upon with rigorous efforts to enroll left outwomen electors to further reduce this gap. Numerous targeted and generalinterventions are planned for women in the District. Some of the key interventions andactivities are as following

One women manned PS will be setup in each AC of the District, thedetails are as shown below:

Sl.No Name of the AC PS. Number Location of the PS

1 Nagarkurnool AC–81 111/81 ZILLA PARISHAD HIGH SCHOOL(BOYS), NAGARKURNOOL

2 Achampet AC–82 103/82 ZPHS, GIRLS EAST WINGACHAMPET, ACHAMPET

3 Kollapur AC– 85 220/85 ZPHS GIRLS (8TH CLASS),KOLLAPUR

Targeted outreach and awareness events in low women voter turnoutdistricts & Polling Stations with focus on motivating women to participatein the voting process. Special enrolment campaigns will be carried out inidentified Polling Station areas.

Design & development of women focused material, creations, messagesand communication campaigns and run the same across the District aswell as in Mandals.

Particular focus on creations highlighting rural women to ensure theirhigher participation.

Design and development of electoral literacy material focusing onwomen’s participation and sharing it with CSOs, SHGs and otherpartners.

Partnering with Department of Women and Child Development, LabourDepartment, Health & Family Welfare Department, Pancahayts and RuralDevelopment Department

PwDs

There is no denying the fact that the persons with disabilities face specialtype of problems that is mitigated. This is because the electoral machinery isinsensitive towards the needs of the PwDs. Following steps will be ensured toincrease PwDs participation in the electoral process.

One PwD manned PS will be setup in the District headquarters, thedetails are as shown below:

Sl.No Name of the AC PS. Number Location of the PS

1 Nagarkurnool AC–81 115/81 SANGHAMITHRA MODELSCHOOL,NAGARKURNOOL

For the blind electors brochures explaining the nity gitty of electoralinformation will be printed in Brail.

Ramps will be made on every polling stations. At every polling booth wheelchairs will be kept ready for helping PwDs.

PwDs friendly toilets will be constructed at every PS. A separate electoral roll will be made for PwDs. To help the CSOs that conduct regular vocational training for vision and

hearing impaired PwDs, outreach material containing voter educationwould be made available to them.

To enable PwDs to enroll in electoral roll The network of NGO working for the PwDs will be used for spreading voter

awareness.

In this regard, District Welfare Officer has been appointed as the Nodal Officerfor training the Staff in Sign Languages, braille, mapping of PwD voters, organizingmeetings with PwDs.

Migrants

Migration affects booth registration and voting turn out. A significant trend ofmigration has been noticed that the laborers migrating to neighboring Districts insearch of employment. Some of the initiative to be taken is as following:

Appointments of special nodal officer from the department of labor willbe made to assess the influx and out flux of the laborers.

Special efforts will be made with the help of labor contractors the in-migrants as well as out migrants of inter-districts to get themeregistered in their respective Mandals.

The migrant’s voter will be adequately sensitized on the matters offilling in necessary forms to be registered in electoral roll ahead of thepoll day.

Service voters

The election commission of India has given the special facility to themembers of armed forces, civil servants posted outside from the place of theirregistration in electoral roll (foreign services) and the personnel of state policeposted in other state at day of poling, are given postal ballots to cast their vote. Itis felt that the postal ballots send to service voters are returned without beingdelivered in large numbers. Hence the cause of availing right to vote is mitigated.So under the guidance of ECI following steps will be taken for enabling the servicevoters to cast their vote.

Providing the service voters with the facility of e-postal ballots directlyto be sent to the service voters through the electronic media.

The awareness brochures will be made in English/Telugu language tobenefit the service voters.

Special posters will be designed to attract service voters. Training will be imparted to the officials on election duty and ERO will

ensure smooth registration. Special camps and campaign & for registration of service voters and

education about postal ballots and proxy voting.

Senior CitizensThe senior citizens need special attention to secure their participation in the

electoral process. Senior citizens have different type of problems. So, there is a needto sensitize the election machinery about the special needs of the senior citizens.Also to request theme to encourage other younger voters of their family to votefollowing action points have been short listed

The name of senior citizen could be identified by taking the help of thepension rolls.

The centenarians will be picked to be used as role models and thereappeals will be telecasted through local TV Channels.

Facility of wheelchair will be provided. Motivation of the senior citizens for encouraging the youngster of

their family to register.

Ethical Voting:Ethical voting has been strongly promoted in all election campaigns to ensure

the free and fair nature of election. This has been identified as another focus area ofSVEEP 2018. Special campaign to target general voters to highlight the cause ofinformed and ethical voting will be organized at every polling station. Duringelections phone no of election expenditure observers and all helpline numbers willwidely be publicized. A dedicated team at Mandal level constituted to monitor theinstances of over expenditure, vote buying and paid news.

Facilitation

Facilitation shall also be linked to Information and Motivation and shallinclude following:

For Hassle-free registration:

Mass publicity for awareness in registration through Hoardings,Posters, Media (Government - Private), and Electronic Media.

Increased reach of online registration facilities through website and mobileplatforms.

CHAPTER - VII

Monitoring Mechanism

For success of a program of such a magnitude, it is imperative to support itwith a sound internal communication and monitoring plan. There are hundreds ofactivities happening simultaneously in the District. A close coordination betweenthese activities needs to be ensured. Also with election management being a verysensitive matter, each and every activity and communication needs to be properlyscrutinized and approved before execution.

Following activities are being carried out to ensure efficient coordination,communication and synergic implementation of SVEEP 2018 Plan:

i. District level SVEEP Committee is in place.ii. Mandal level SVEEP Nodal Officers has been appointed.iii. BAGs has been appointed at PS leveliv. A regular reporting system from Constituency to District will be set up.v. Periodic video conferencing of DEO with EROs & AEROs.vi. Reporting formats will be shared with EROs & AEROs to report all

activities being carried out at district level under SVEEP.vii. WhatsApp groups have been formed at District level with constituency

functionaries and at constituency level with lower level functionaries forregular exchange of SVEEP related activities.

viii. A systematic plan is developed for strategic scheduling and release ofcommunication in synergic manner between all stakeholders. Thuseach ACs will have specific guidelines on when to release anddisseminate which communication, which will be simultaneous acrossall districts and across all platforms.

CHAPTER - VIII

Implementation so far

Sl.No. Date Department

Nominated ActivityOfficers Concerned

District Level / MandalLeval / Village Level

1 2 3 4 5

1. 15.09.2018 Engineering

Dist. Level Training Classes,Awareness programme to all Eng.Depts. and interaction with allContractor& their men, Labour etc

Joint Collector AllEngineers AE and workInspectors

2. 16.09.2018 Revenue

BLOs & all Rev. Staff made thearrangements in all PS forenrollment, Voters awarenessCamping, Auto rikshas rally in allvillagers & Beat of TOM – TOMregarding enrollment of votes.

Joint Collector, AllTahsildars and BLOs

3. 17.09.2018 EducationRallies in all habitations &Municipal wards with Children &awareness in school assemblies… !!

District EducationalOfficers, MandalEducation Officers, HMsand All Teachers

4. 18.09.2018 PanchayathRaj

Awareness Rallies with allPanchayath staff along with youth –Conducted Grama Sabhas on Voterawareness issues regarding of Voterlists

District PanchayathOfficers , EORDs, GPspl. Officers, PanchayathSecretaries

5 19.09.2018 PR & RD

All SHGs conducted rallies alongwith CCs, VOs & VOAs. Conductedspecial Meeting in all VOs in a Bigway – BLO also attended and readthe Elector roll

District RuralDevelopment Officer,APMs, CCs and VOAs

6. 20.09.2018 HigherEducation

Rallies with students on all Mainroads & conducted Voter awarenessmeeting.

Principal and RegistrarPrincipals

7. 21.09.2018 Health

All medical and health staffconducted Rallies & meetings –created awareness in all PHCs,Hospital & also in KantiveluguCamps

District Medical &Health OfficerMedical OfficersANMS and AashaWorkers

8. 22.09.2018 Welfare

CDPOs, Supervisors, AnganwadiWorkers participated in awarenessprogrammes along with KoumaraBalikas & Mothers

District Welfare Officer,CDPOs & Supdt.,Anganwadi teachers

9. 23.09.2018 PR & RD All APO, TAs, FAs conducted ralliesalong with SSSS groups in Villages.

District RuralarDevelopment Officers,MPDOs - All APOs, FieldAsst. & Technical Asst.

10. 23.09.2018 Municipal Conducted rallies by Municipal Staff& awareness programme in ULBs.

MunicipalCommissioners to lookafter the programme

11. 24.09.2018 Revenue

All Dist. Officers, Mandal OfficerDay – Village Level functionariesheld rallies in an Big way & MetHabitations to explain about votersenrollment.

District Revenue OfficerTahsildarsVROs

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