The voting for the civic body polls in Ranchi and Bundu scheduled to be held on Monday can be done between 7 am to 3 pm. While sharing this information with the media persons Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Vinay Kumar Choubey said that all the voters who would arrive at the polling booths by 3pm would be given the opportunity to vote even beyond 3pm.
A total of 1830 polling booths have been set up in 435 buildings. Comprehensive security arrangements have been made as not less than four security persons would be seeing the proceedings at every building that houses a booth. At sensitive and ultra-sensitive booths maximum of 20 security persons would be deployed.
The election campaigns for the elections ended by 3pm on Saturday. And from thereon the Dry Day will remain in effect till 7am on Tuesday. The administration has made all the logistics preparations. A total of 550 vehicles have been roped in for the election duty. These vehicles would carry the electoral officers and logistics at booths on Sunday.
The administration has deputed six officers who would be coordinating with the polling booths on the election date. Their phone numbers would be made public in the morning of the election date so that any common man can contact them and file their complaints if they felt so. Also six landline numbers would be issued on the same date.
After voting the EVMs will be kept at two places namely Kasturba Gnadhi Vidyala at Bundu and Pandara Bazaar Samiti, Ranchi. The counting of the votes would take place on 11 April.
The DC said that the counting would start at 8am in the morning and the results would be made public on the same date.