Various employees of the State Government will be deployed on polling day at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer during 3-phase lok Sabha elections in the State on April 10, 17 and 24. They will receive minute-to-minute information about polling throughout the state.
Assistant Chief Electoral Officer RN Singh is in-charge of this control room. His mobile number is 9993633319. landline numbers from 0755-2558612 to 2558618 have also been installed at the control room.
From 6 am to 2 pm, Assistant Director Bhushan Prasad - mobile number 9755607667, stenotypist Abdul Raqeeb - mobile number 9893682748, Assistant Grade-3 Rakesh Kamle, data entry operator Pranesh Murthi - mobile number 9893380885, Vinod Verma - mobile number 9406517545 will be on duty. and 2 to 10 pm Teacher Prakash Chaturvedi - mobile number 9893979594, forester Krishna Pal Mandloi - mobile number 7415671200, forester Virendra Singh Rajput - mobile number 9907613381, office assistant Santosh Patel - 9827741316 assistant grade-2 Ganesh Ram - mobile number 9893247928 will be on duty at the control room.
Meanwhile, the State Government has sent letter through Public Health and Family Welfare Department to all district collectors saying that all polling booths should be declared ‘no-smoking zone’. Notice boards saying ‘Smoking Prohibited’ should be installed at all polling booths. It is noteworthy that the Central government has banned smoking on public places and smoking at these places may entail fine of Rs 200. This order can be enforced by government servants up to inspector ranks and all senior officers.