Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Apr 3: District Election Officer Mohammad Aijaz Asad, today launched an Android-based mobile application ‘Sahulat’ to facilitate elderly voters.
The district administration has developed the app to reach out to the voters who are 90 years old or more.
The DEO said working on the theme of Accessible Elections and to facilitate the old-age voters a special initiative has been taken to encourage the elderly voters to participate in the elections.
He further said that voters will have to provide input with few details, like name and age, distance of polling station, EPIC number, Assembly Constituency and other details. The voters can request for the facilities like the provision of the wheelchair, vehicle for transportation and any helper who will assist them during casting of vote.
The app is designed to aid the old-age voters’ only. The app is free of cost and can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. There are two versions of the app one for the citizen where they can fill their requirements and other for the concerned officer who can access and provide data regarding necessary arrangements.
The app has simple and user-friendly interface with very simple login operation so that everyone can use it easily.
‘Sahulat’ app is an initiative of District Election Office Rajouri and has been developed by National Informatics Centre, Rajouri.
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