Tag: Usage

  • Use of EVM and VVPAT demonstrated

    Use of EVM and VVPAT demonstrated

    Khammam: A campaign was conducted as part of the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme aimed at creating awareness among the voters about EVMs and VVPATs. The EVM and VVPAT mobile demonstration vans were flagged off by District Collector VP Gautham here on Saturday.

    Interacting with the public, he said village-to-village campaigns would be conducted with two vans in each assembly constituency. He urged that the public check if their names are in voter lists, by verifying with anganwadi teachers, panchayat secretaries, VRIs in rural areas or municipal bill collectors in urban areas.

    Those who are above 18 years by October 01, 2023 and have not enrolled themselves as voters should register their names in the voter lists by contacting these officials, he said.

    Special centres were set up for awareness about the functioning of EVMs at the collectorate, municipal offices and tahsildar offices. People could visit the centres to learn about the voting process and functioning of EVMs and VVPATs, he added.

    Additional Collectors Abhilasha Abhinav and N Madhusudan, Municipal Commissioner Adarsh Surabhi and others were present.

  • Use Jagananna Suraksha for Grievance Redressal

    Use Jagananna Suraksha for Grievance Redressal

    Guntur: District Collector M Venugopal Reddy said the government decentralised the administration to render better services to the people.

    He participated in the Jagananna Suraksha camp conducted at Pathamallayapalem village of Prathipadu mandal in Guntur district on Saturday.

    Speaking on the occasion, he said the government had set up village and ward secretariats and appointed volunteers to render better services to the people. He said the aim of the Jagananna Suraksha programme was to extend the benefits of welfare schemes to those eligible who did not get any benefit so far.

    He said there are 3,422 people in the village, out of which 654 persons will get benefits under Amma Vodi, Kapu Nestham, EBC Nestham, Jagananna Vasati Deevena, YSR Pension Kanuka, YSR Cheyutha and other welfare schemes.

    He said similarly white ration cards will be distributed to 1,402 families and recalled that the family physician visited the village twice. He said if the people have any problems, they register their problems in the Jaganannaku Chepudam over phone or submit petitions on Monday. He urged the people to avail the benefits of Jagananna Suraksha progamme. Later, he distributed certificates to the people.

    ZP chief executive officer G Mohan Rao, district panchayat officer Kesava Reddy, tahsildar Siddarth and MPDO Ramya were present.