Chhattisgarh chief electoral officer Subrat Sahoo on Wednesday extensively reviewed security and other preparations at Jagdalpur for Maoist hotbed Bastar Lok Sabha seat which goes to polls in the first phase on April 11.
Director general of police (Naxal operation) Girdhari Nayak also reviewed the security arrangement and deployment of security forces there. He directed police officers to ensure a peaceful polling in Bastar which has track of poll-related violence.
Returning officer and collector Bastar Ayyaz Tamboli gave a detailed presentation of the poll preparedness in the constituency at the review meeting.
Addressing the officials, CEO Sahoo said, “The target is to hold peaceful election in the Naxal affected region, for which all basic necessary arrangements have to be done.”
“Complaints received through cVIGIL should be dealt at the earliest within time-limit for which a separate cell can be set up. Ensure all basic amenities at polling centres, while ramps are being made,” he told the officials.
Election observers (general) Ashwani Kumar Yadav and Gyaneshwar Tripathi, police observer K Padmakar and other officials were also present at the review meeting.