Odisha Chief Electoral Officer said training of poll officials will be completed by February 25.Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar Thursday said final voter list for forthcoming general elections and state Assembly polls will be published on January 21."The process of electoral roll revision is underway and final list will be published on January 21," Mr Kumar told reporters.Earlier voter list was supposed to be released on January 4 but now it will be published on January 21, he said.The CEO had sought an additional time period of 15 days from Election Commission of India for purpose, which was granted, he said.Mr Kumar said first-level checking of all EVMs/VVPATs will be completed by January 25.

He said a special drive (mock polling) to create awareness among voters over EVMs/VVPATs will start across 147 assembly constituencies from January 7.Mr Kumar said training of poll officials at all levels will be completed by February 25.Stating that about 12 lakh voters have been included in revised voter list, of which five lakh are new voters and two lakh are physically challenged, CEO said till now, a total of 4,59,042 people have applied for inclusion of their name in voter list.Mr Kumar said number of booths may increase from present total of 37,606 polling booths in state.