To enhance the percentage of polling in the Lok Sabha election, it has been planned to conduct youth festivals at the taluk level under Systematic Voters’ Education and and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign, K. Shivarame Gowda, CEO of Zilla Panchayat, has said.
He was speaking at a meeting held in the city on Saturday to discuss the activities to be taken up in the district under SVEEP campaign.
He said that in the previous Lok Sabha election, Shivamogga parliamentary seat had recorded 72.31 per cent polling. It has been planned to enhance the polling percentage this time. As part of the youth festival, sports and cultural competitions will be held for the youths, he said.
Elaborating on the programmes planned under SVEEP campaign, he said that awareness on the importance of voting would be created through door-to-door visits in the limits of polling stations that recorded low turnout last time. Messages on the importance of voting would be painted on the buses of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Similar messages would be printed on the milk sachets of Karnataka Milk Federation also. In addition to this, a series of events including bike rallies and jathas would be held to create importance on voting, he added.
He directed the heads of the departments that come under the Zilla Panchayat to submit action plans on the measures that can be taken to increase the polling percentage.
Shivaraj Patil, Joint Director, Department of Transport, was present at the meeting.