New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday announced the conduct of the third phase of Special Intensive Review (SIR) covering 16 states and 3 Union Territories. The Election Commission said that Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will not be included in this.“The Election Commission of India has directed to conduct Special Intensive Review (SIR) in 16 states and 3 Union Territories (UTs),” it said in a statement.“With this, the SIR of the electoral roll will cover the entire country except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the third phase. The SIR schedule for these three States/UTs will be announced later, after the completion of the second phase of census in these three States/UTs and due consideration of the weather in the upper reaches/snow covered areas.”It further said, “Approximately 59 million voters were covered in the first two phases of SIR in 13 States/UTs as on the date of order of SIR in the respective States/UTs, over 6.3 lakh BLOs and over 9.2 lakh BLAs appointed by political parties were covered in various stages of the SIR process.”The election body informed that during the third phase of SIR, more than 3.94 lakh Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with the support of 3.42 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) nominated by political parties, will conduct door-to-door visits to reach out to 36.73 crore voters during the counting phase.