In view of the lok Sabha elections in 2014, the district administrative machineries have geared up for holding the general elections in free and fair manner in the region.
The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has directed the officials concerned to do physical verification of the polling booths set up in all the Assembly constituencies across the district.
Harish Chandra Kandpal, ADM, Udham Singh Nagar, taking a meeting in this regard on Thursday, asked the respective SDMs/ tehsildars to involve representatives of different political parties in this polling booth verification exercise so that necessary steps could be taken to ensure proper preparations for holding the general elections.
At the same time, he also asked the officials concerned to bifurcate the polling booth where the number of voters is more than 1250. In this case the new polling booths would be set up to accommodate the exceeding voters in the same compound where the old polling booth exists.
The ADM asked the officials concerned to inform the representatives about setting up of new polling booths across the district. Besides, Kandpal also informed that the Booth level Officers (BlOs) would also review the voter lists of their respective areas between October 18 and November 12 on regular basis to include name of eligible voters in the voter list and remove wrong names from the same list, he added.
In the meanwhile, in view of the general elections in 2014, the Nainital district administration, has asked the officials concerned to take necessary steps in this regard following the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
At the same time, Arvind Singh Hyanki, District Magistrate, Nainital, has also asked the various political parties to submit names of their Booth level Assistants by September 16 so that necessary formalities could be taken in this regard. However, he has maintained that number of polling booths can be increased only on the basis of the guidelines issued by the ECI.