Port Blair, March 20: As part of the General Election-2024, a voter awareness programme was organized by the SVEEP team in the conference hall of DBRAIT here today under the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activity.  Shri Wairokpam Punshiba Singh, IAS, Nodal Officer for SVEEP informed the students about the SVEEP activities and encouraged eligible voters to exercise their franchise in a big way to celebrate the right to vote during the forthcoming election-2024. He motivated them to participate in the election process keeping aside their daily household tasks and vote for a healthy democracy on the Polling Day i.e. April 19, 2024, the day on which ANIPC going to polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha Election-2024.

Shri Joy Mathew and Shri Abraham familiarized the students with the use of EVM and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines to be used in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. Doubts raised by participants were also promptly addressed. Shri Amar Kumar Singh through a power point presentation covered topics such as cVIGIL, Right to Vote, First Time Voter and MCC. He also requested the students to check their name in Voter List / Electoral Roll. A question answer session was also held.