District Collector Arabind Agarwal on Thursday evening asked the Tehsildars and other officers to remain well informed regarding election guidelines and ensure smooth poll process in the district.
Presiding over a review meeting with them Agarwal told them to ensure that each candidate contesting the elections would open a separate account for the purpose. There would be strict vigilance by the bank officers on the transactions made by him. Besides, the meeting convened by them in any form, be it party meeting, get together or a public meeting, all would be video recorded, Agarwal told them.
He also informed the officers that all the reports of model code of conduct violations must be sent to the nodal centre. Among others, ADM Akshay Mohanty, PD DRDA Mohan Charan Das, ASP Gyanendra Parida, Sub-Collector Balasore Indramani Nayak, Nilgiri Sub-Collector Sridhar Nayak and the District Election Officer Padmanav Behera were present.