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ADC Viraj S Tidke launches voter awareness campaign for banking customers from PNB DAC Mohali Branch
All the 481 Bank Branches and about 450 ATMs to spread the Message of Voting
Babushahi Bureau
SAS Nagar, April 24, 2024:On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Mohali, Aashika Jain, today, a mega Voter Awareness Drive under SVEEP was launched in various banks situated in Mohali District.
The drive was started by ADC (G) Viraj S Tidke from Punjab National Bank Branch, DAC, Sector 76, Mohali, where ADC launched a sticker/poster campaign, which is to be pasted on all the ATMs in Mohali district. Besides, this, the pass books and bank forms would also have stamps of messages with Election Mascot-Shera.
In this event, Deputy Circle Head PNB Sanjit Koundal, Lead District Manager Mohali, M K Bhardwaj and Branch Manager Suman Sehgal were also present along with SVEEP team Mohali Sanjay Kumar Election Tehsildar and Gurbakshish Singh District Nodal Officer SVEEP activities.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Viraj S Tidke said that the festival of democracy is in the offing and as a responsible citizen, we have to strengthen and honour democracy by casting our vote on June 01, 2024.
He said that many awareness activities under Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation have already been launched in the district successfully to sensitise the voters.
As the banks have a huge base of customers with large footfall, so the banks have been roped in to contribute towards the SVEEP activity by making aware their customers of their voting rights.
He said that apart from the main event organized at DAC Branch, the same events were conducted at Bank of Baroda Phase 9, Mohali, Bank of India Phase 9, Mohali, Union Bank of India Phase 5, Mohali, UCO Bank Phase 1, Mohali and Cooperative Bank Phase 2, Mohali by the District SVEEP Team.
The officers from these banks who were present on the occasion included Hitesh Sharma Chief Manager, Mitakshra Negi Branch Manager, Deepika Singh Branch Manager, Prabhgeet Kaur Branch Manager, Cooperative Bank MD Ranjit Singh, DM Gurpreet Singh, Branch manager Harindetpreet Kaur and DCO Tejinder Singh.
Lead District Manager M K Bhardwaj said that we have 481 Bank Branches and about 450 ATMs where the posters and stickers to make aware the people of their voting right to be pasted. He said that the banks have a huge customer base that would help in increasing the voting percentage in the district.