1 2 Housing society federations and citizens have taken it upon themselves to ensure a high turnout of voters for the assembly elections slated for Nov 20, when politicians and their parties will battle it out for 288 seats across the state, with 21 in Pune district. The govt may have issued circulars to increase voter awareness, but housing society associations have been busy making videos on what people expect from their MLAs, helping citizens be part of the electorate and visiting societies to encourage everyone to vote. Aiming for 100% voter turnout this election Associations in Kharadi, Wagholi, Pashan, Undri and several other neighbourhoods have activated their pre-election drives.
Right from how to get voter IDs, to actually getting it done for them — most are going above and beyond. Sumit Dusad, member of Kharadi Housing Societies Welfare Association, told TOI, "We have been working to get residents registered and have held several camps for this since March. Till date, we have registered at least 2,000 citizens.
" "We take all required information from them, fill their forms online and then follow up with authorities till the process is complete. We believe that our power rests in voting — and this is the message we take to all societies. We have held awareness campaigns in 50 societies over the last few weeks and aim to complete another 100 before voting day," he added.
Awareness comes in all forms While some neighbourhoods are organising camps and awareness driv.
