The administration would impose Section 144 in the city from Thursday. The collector and district election officer P Narhari said that after the evening of Wednesday effective and restrictive action against the outsiders would be taken.
The Collector ordered the all police stations in-charge that they should conduct intensive search operation in dharmshala, hotels, community halls and such other places where the out sliders are expected to stay should be checked and see that no outsider person stays there.
In addition to this, the passenger vehicles and personal vehicles going outside the city and border of the district should be monitored on the big and small routes. So that the entry of undesirable people in the district should be checked Narhari also gave clear warning that violation of this order would be punishable under section 18o of IPC.
The district administration has also ordered to allow one table and 2 chairs to be kept at a distance of 100 meters from the polling centers. For this the district administration has recovered fees of installing chair and table outside 950 polling centers.
In order to remove the shortage of vehicles for election the police have started to acquire the passenger vehicles. The RTO department has been asked to arrange for buses and mini buses and the police have been active to acquire small four wheelers.
The mobiles and cordless phone has been totally restricted at polling stations and 100 meter away from it. The presiding officers, supervisors of election commission and security officers and employees have been exempted but they would have to keep their mobile on silent mode. The SSP Gwalior Santosh Kumar Singh said that the first priority of the police and administration is to conduct the polling peacefully and nonviolently. In this connection the police have completed their preparations. After the vernal mapping the police have made strict security arrangement.
The district magistrate Gwalior P Narhari said that preparations for local body election have been completed by the administration and the section 144 has become effective from in the city as a precaution. After that strict legal action would be taken against those who violet the orders.
Campaigning comes to an end
Gwalior: While the campaigning for municipal elections has come to an end on Wednesday, the police have almost completed the task of putting al the miscreants and anti-social behind bars. The lockups of the police stations are full of such elements. The police are catching them from morning till evening so that the polling could be conduct peacefully.
Addl SP Dinesh Kaushal said that raids were conducted in search of old miscreants and warrantees. Action is also being taken against those engaged in selling liquor illegally and speculators.