In view of the soaring temperatures in Uttar Pradesh, medical kits, particularly to deal with heatstroke cases, will be provided to the polling personnel for the voting scheduled on April 26 in eight Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in the second phase.

Directions have also been issued to ensure all necessary facilities for polling personnel and voters at polling stations.

The polling parties will depart for polling stations on April 25 to ensure fair and peaceful elections in the state. The eight constituencies of UP that are going to polls in the second phase include Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura. These eight Lok Sabha seats fall in nine districts of the state, namely, Amroha, Hapur, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura.

UP’s Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said that instructions had been given to all the district election officers to send polling parties as scheduled for the second phase of voting in eight Lok Sabha constituencies.

He said that directions had been issued to all the district election officers concerned to ensure necessary facilities for voters and polling personnel at polling centres and polling booths.

Prior to the departure of polling parties, the polling personnel will be provided with medical kits to address health conditions such as heatstroke. In view of the heat, tents, sheds, drinking water arrangements and other necessary facilities will be installed at polling centres as per the guidelines issued earlier.

The CEO said in compliance with the directives of the Election Commission of India, continuous operations were being carried out across UP by the police, income tax, excise, narcotics and other departments. For thorough inspection, 480 inter-state check posts and 1,836 check posts within the state are operational, he added.

From March 16 to April 23, 2024, the state police have seized 495 licensed weapons whereas licences for 4,553 weapons have been revoked and deposited. Notices have been issued under the Criminal Procedure Code to 2,532,068 individuals over concerns of peace disruption, of which 2,061,166 have already been restricted.

Additionally, the police have seized 7,650 unlicensed weapons, 7,753 cartridges, 2,900 kilograms of explosives and 411 bombs. Besides, raids were conducted on 3,153 illegal weapon manufacturing centres, while 148 were busted. On April 23, licences for 249 weapons owned by criminals were revoked and the weapons were deposited by the police.

Under the CrPC, 36,978 individuals were restricted as a preventive measure.