Archive · 25 Dec 2025
PCMC Launches Voter Awareness Campaign
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has started a special campaign to get more people to vote in the upcoming elections.
They are asking school students to give letters to their parents, asking them to vote on 15th January 2026.
The letters explain why voting is important and how it helps make the city better.
The campaign is part of a bigger program to teach people about voting.
Many important officials were present when the campaign started at a school in Thergaon.
The goal is to reach about 58,000 parents through their children.
PCMC launched a voter awareness campaign titled 'Dear Mom & Dad, Please Vote' ahead of the 2026 elections.
Students are given letters to urge their parents to vote on 15th January 2026.
The campaign is part of the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme.
Approximately 58,000 parents are targeted through primary and secondary school students.
The initiative was launched at PM Shri Secondary School in Thergaon with key PCMC officials present.
- Who
- Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and school students
- What
- Launched a voter awareness campaign
- When
- Campaign launched on Monday, election on 15th January 2026
- Where
- Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India
- Why
- To encourage parents to vote in the upcoming PCMC General Elections 2025–26
- Organization
- Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)
- Campaign Name
- Dear Mom & Dad, Please Vote
- Election Date
- 15th January 2026
- Programme
- Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP)
- Target Parents
- Approximately 58,000
- School Involved
- PM Shri Secondary School, Thergaon
- Key Officials
- Additional Commissioner Trupti Sandbhor, Deputy Commissioner Anna Bodade, Public Relations Officer Prafulla Puranik, Principal Balasaheb Rathod, Supervisors Manjusha Tilekar and Harshada Raut
Sources
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