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Delhi voter loses Rs 400 wage at special revision hearing
The Hindu··6d ago
Sanichari Devi, 63, carried Aadhaar, PAN and voter ID to a Delhi Special Intensive Revision hearing on September 15. Officials sent her home twice for a passbook and photocopies, she said. She earns Rs 400 to Rs 500 daily and fainted in the heat. About 70 to 80 voters waited at the Chandni Chowk school, The Hindu reported.
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What It Means For You
- Voters told to bring extra papers at SIR hearings can lose daily wages if hearings require multiple trips.
- Devi said she did not know which documents officials wanted because instructions were unclear to her.
- Families relying on her Rs 400 to Rs 500 daily pay face immediate income loss when hearings run for hours.
What's Happening
- The Chandni Chowk school hosted one of three SIR hearing sites in that assembly constituency.
- Notices targeted anomalies such as name mismatches and voters listed as unmapped from prior rolls.
- Devi said officials first demanded a bank passbook, then photocopies from a shop a kilometre away.
How SIR hearings work on the ground
- Special Intensive Revision is rolling across Delhi with draft rolls published and millions of notices issued.
- The Hindu reported long queues and distress at the Mori Gate area hearing on September 15.
- Devi fainted after hours in the sun and was caught by bystanders before hitting the ground.
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