DC Sawhney appeals arhtiyas & farmers to spread voter awareness amongst labourers & villagers

Khanna (Ludhiana), April 9, 2024: Visiting Asia's largest grain market at Khanna to inspect wheat procurement on Tuesday, District Election Officer (DEO)-cum-Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sakshi Sawhney appealed to the arhtiyas and farmers to spread voter awareness among labourers and villagers to ensure their maximum participation in Lok Sabha-2024 polls.

Sawhney asked the arhtiyas to encourage their labour and the farmers, visiting the market to sell off their produce, to enroll themselves as voters and exercise their 'Right to Vote' if they were not still voters. She said that the aim was to ensure maximum participation during the Lok Sabha-2024 elections and to achieve the target of more than 70 per cent voter turnout during the Lok Sabha elections (Iss Baar, 70 Paar).  She said that being a financial capital of Punjab and industrial hub, Ludhiana must shed the tag of lower voter turnout this time and cross 70-percent vote percentage.

Sawhney also informed anyone who has attained 18 years of age can still apply for registration till May 4, 2024 if they haven't already registered to vote. She shared that the Election Commission of India had launched the National Voter Services Portal (NVSP) and Voter Helpline App to facilitate the registration process for new voters. She encouraged them to click the link www.nvsp.in to get registered as new voters. Similarly, she advised them to download the Voter Helpline App from the Google Play store on their android phone to enroll themselves as voters. 

Meanwhile inspecting the procurement, Sawhney said that the district administration was committed to ensure seamless purchase and lifting of the wheat. She said that elaborate arrangements were made to facilitate the farmers and no one will be allowed to face any kind of problem during season. She said that around 8.11 lakh metric tons wheat was expected to arrive in the grain markets in Ludhiana and every grain of the produce would be procured because it was the fruit of six months of hard work of the farmers. She said that Sub Divisional Magistrates and chiefs of the all procurement agencies have been asked to supervise procurement operations. She also said that the arrangements of drinking water, cleanliness, sheds, toilets, flood lights were made in the grain markets to facilitate the food growers.

Prominent amongst present on the occasion included SDM Baljinder Singh Dhillon, DFSC Sanjay Sharma, DMO Gurmatpal Singh, Divisional Manager FCI ML Meena, District Manager Markfed Sudhir Kumar, Punsup District Manager Anant Sharma, PSWC District Manager Sukhwinder Singh and representatives of Arhtiyas association.