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Two Madhya Pradesh teachers working as BLOs died on Nov 21 amid intense voter-list revision pressure.

Families claim constant deadlines, no sleep and fear of suspension led to the tragedies.

Similar workload-related deaths and suicides of teachers reported in Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan and other states.

Two teachers-cum-Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls died in separate incidents in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, while their families blamed heavy workload and pressure to meet enumeration deadlines. According to PTI, similar concerns have emerged in other states, with colleagues and relatives alleging that the demands of the revision exercise have taken a severe toll on field staff.

The two BLOs who died la

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