To ensure peaceful election in Dehradun district having 10 seats, additional police forces, including Centre Armed Police Forces, have been deployed at polling stations demarcated as vulnerable. In all, based on sensitivity, 163 polling centres and 356 polling booths have been demarcated as vulnerable. In the district, 1725 polling booths and 965 polling centres have been set up. Videography, photography and web polling will be done at 30 polling centres, 23 polling stations and 43 polling stations respectively. Micro observers have been appointed at 225 polling centres while CAPF at 357 polling centres.
At the general polling stations, a constable along with home guard or PRD jawan has been deployed while at the vulnerable booths, a CRPF jawan and a police constable have been deployed.
Dehradun district senior superintendent of police Sweety Aggarwal said on Tuesday that the election areas have been divided into four super zone, 35 zones, 214 sectors, 965 polling stations and 1725 polling booths. 30 flying squads and 10 static surveillance teams have been appointed apart from deployment of static surveillance teams at 14 important check-posts across the district.
Besides, at each police station, 20 quick response teams have been appointed. 10 inter-state barriers, seven inter-districts barriers and 40 special trouble areas have been identified and adequate police forces have been deputed.
Aggarwal said that around 13.80 lakh voters- 7. 33 lakh male and 6.46 lakh female- and 43 third gender people would exercise their franchise in Dehradun district.
Police forces including 18 companies and one platoon of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), 12 gazetted officers, 36 inspectors, 283 sub-inspectors, 193 head constables, 1982 constables, 2648 home guards, 442 Prantiya Rakshak Dal, 62 forest guards, three companies and one platoon of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawans have been deployed at polling stations in the district, said Aggarwal, adding out of 365 village watchmen, 244 have been deputed in the election duty.