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Youngsters help people find names in voters list
What does one do after going through the ordeal of finding one’s name finally in the voters’ list? Thank heavens, cast his/her vote and head back home. But a group of six youngsters, all between the ages 20-30 from different backgrounds and professions chose, instead of sitting in the cozy comfort of their homes,
Hyderabad: What does one do after going through the ordeal of finding one’s name finally in the voters’ list? Thank heavens, cast his/her vote and head back home. But a group of six youngsters, all between the ages 20-30 from different backgrounds and professions chose, instead of sitting in the cozy comfort of their homes, to help people find their names and polling booths. They set up a table at the Jubilee Hills Division (95) and helped people find their names in the voters’ list.
The thought came to M Vishnu, a tailor when he visited the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School in Jubilee Hills to find out that his name was missing. He said, “I myself was in a tizzy to find my name was missing. It was then that I decided that I should do something.”
Within no time five more friends joined him and they all downloaded the mobile app and started helping people find their names. M Shiva, V Rajnikanth, K Krishna, V Srinivas and A Shiva—all residents of Bhagat Singh Colony close to Film Nagar—spent the whole day helping people.
V Srinivas, a chef at Swagath Hotel says, “The popular perception is that there are people from very rich and literate backgrounds in the Jubilee Hills division, it is also true that there are several slums abutting the area where a large number of daily wage labourers work. We wanted to reach out to them.”
The youngsters directed people to the centre concerned by writing its name on a slip. There were six centres designated in the Jubilee Hills division that included Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Jubilee Hills High School, Round Table School, Gitanjali Public School, Government Primary School and Film Nagar Club.
A Shiva, who works in Apollo Pharmacy at the Apollo Hospital and was part of the group, said, “In all we helped 1200 voters out of which about 400 people’s names were missing. It was satisfying at the end of the day as we felt that we could do our bit.”Political apathy has always been a problem but these youngsters sure showed the way forward, said a senior citizen.
