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EC survey on to include Salwa Judum camp inmates in electoral rolls

Election authorities in Chhattisgarh are carrying out a detailed survey of the tribal population taking shelter in Salwa Judum relief camps in Naxalite-infested Dantewada and Bijapur districts of Bastar region in the state. "We have asked the district collectors of Dantewada and Bijapur to carry out a detailed survey and find out which village the tribals belong to and whether their names figure in the electoral rolls in their respective areas," the state chief electoral officer Alok Shukla said.