Pulwama, February 03: A SVEEP awareness programme was today organized by the District Election Office at Government Degree College (GDC) Tral, here.
Additional Deputy Commissioner, ERO Tral, Shabir Ahmad Raina was the chief guest on the occasion and Principal Degree College Tral was guest of honour.
ERO Tral, Shabir Ahmad Raina in his address urged the participants to disseminate the information regarding SVEEP to others. He also stressed all participants to participate in the SVEEP process.
During the awareness program, Nodal Officer SVEEP enlightened the participants about the role of SVEEP in the district to sensitize the general masses about the voting process and the importance of voting.
Principal GDC who also spoke on the occasion stressed upon the importance of such awareness campaigns for the students and the general public. He also expressed gratitude to the District SVEEP Team for organizing such valuable campaigns and also underlined the need to organise similar programs for students in the near future.
Meanwhile, a general awareness on the importance of voting in a democratic system was given by Master Trainers.
Young prospective voters/students of GDC and Government Higher Secondary School (HSS) were the main participants, besides Sarpanchs, Panchs, BLOs and other concerned people attended the awareness programme.
Various Speakers also spoke on the occasion.
Earlier, the Essay writing and painting competitions were also held. ERO distributed mementos among the position holders and EPIC to the new voters.