Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Saturday directed all district election officials to complete the collection of filled-in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms within this month.

The instructions were issued during a video conference with district authorities, he said.

"The instruction to collect the enumeration forms by November-end came from the CEO. He has asked district officials to strictly follow the instruction," the official said.

As on 6pm on Saturday, more than 7.55 crore enumeration forms (98.5 per cent) were distributed in the state, he added.

During the meeting, Agarwal also questioned why the distribution of the forms had still not reached 100 per cent.

"District officials have been told that no lapse or excuse will be tol

See Full Page