Booth Level Officers (BLOs), who represent the poll body at the grassroots level, are vital cog in the Election Commission of India's ongoing second round of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of voter rolls in several states, but over 25 suicides by BLOs citing mounting work pressure have raised questions from various quarters on their workload.
The task for the BLOs, the foot soldiers for the SIR exercise in nine states and three Union Territories (UTs), are clear - meet voters, give them enumeration forms, call them, answer their calls if they call, collect forms
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