Elaborate security arrangements have been made in places where polling will be held in the second phase of panchayat election in the State on Saturday,” said State Additional Director General of Police Ram Singh Meena on Friday. The second phase of polling will be held at 10,270 polling booths wherein 305 booths have been identified as ultra sensitive and 3,021 as sensitive.
“Thirty gazetted officers, 70 inspectors, 990 sub inspectors, 890 head constables, 7,000 constables, 4400 home guards, 2000 PRD jawans and 30 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) companies will be deployed for free and fair panchayat election in the State,” he added. The polling area in the state has been divided into 183 zones and 924 sectors.
In Pauri, the District Administration has completed preparations for polling with 506 polling parties having reached to their assigned polling centers on Friday. Pauri District Magistrate and District Election Officer (Panchayat) CS Bhatt said that adequate security has been facilitated in the five blocks- Dugadda, Yamkeshwar, Dwarikhal, Jaiharikhal and Ekeshwar which go to poll on Saturday. Five circle officers, two inspectors, 46 sub inspectors, 55 head constables, 640 constables, 350 home guards and 225 PRD personnel among others have been posted for preventing untoward incident on polling day. Twenty five sector magistrates and five zonal magistrates have also been deputed to the five blocks to supervise the election activities and keeping the district information informed.
Bhatt said that there are 27 ultra sensitive and 12 sensitive polling centres in Dugadda block, one ultra sensitive and seven sensitive in Jaiharikhal, two ultra sensitive and three sensitive in Dwarikhal, eight ultra sensitive and 16 sensitive Yamkeshwar block and two ultra sensitive and seven sensitive in Ekeshwar.