Pottangi: Deputy Secretary Jitendra Kumar Patra, who was deputed from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha, reviewed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 exercise in Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block of Koraput district Monday. Patra visited the border panchayat as part of his district tour and inspected several polling stations where the revision exercise is underway. He reviewed the process of receiving claims and objections from electors and examined applications seeking inclusion, deletion and correction of names in the electoral roll. During the visit, Patra interacted with election officials, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and other field-level personnel to assess the progress of the revision exercise and the implementation of guidelines at the grassroots level. Officials apprised the deputy secretary of the overall progress of the SIR-2026 exercise and the status of claims and objections received from voters across the panchayat.