The stage is all set for the first phase of polling for the three-tier panchayat elections in Dhari, Ramgarh and Okhalkanda blocks of Nainital district on Wednesday.
As many as 200 polling parties left for their respective polling booths located in the three blocks of the district on Tuesday. Out of 200 polling parties, as many as 85 polling parties will look after the polling process in the Okhalkanda block on Wednesday, while 68 polling parties have been deployed to deal with polling process in the Ramgarh block on the same day, said the officials concerned of the district election office Nainital. Similarly, as many as 47 polling parties will deal with the polling process in Dhari block on Wednesday, added the officials concerned of the district election office, Nainital.
“The polling parties were accompanied by the adequate police force and proper security arrangements have been made in and around the polling booths,” claimed the Nainita district police.
More so, the Nainital district police has also directed the police personnel deployed in the polling booths of the aforesaid blocks which are going to poll on Wednesday to strictly deal with those who are found disrupting the polling process and take necessary action against such persons as per the law. In the meantime, as the officials concerned of the District Election Office, Nainital informed, as per the guidelines of the State Election Commission, polling will be done between 7 am and 5 pm on Wednesday. At the same time no unauthorised person will be allowed inside the polling booths, asserted the District Election Office, Nainital.