In order to conduct three tier panchayat election peacefully, Dehradun district election officer Dr BVRC Purushottam convened a meeting with nodal officers and directed them to execute their assigned work within stipulated time. He also said that negligence will not be tolerated at any cost. They were directed to identify sensitive and ultra sensitive polling booths at block and tehsil level and submit such report to the election office within next three days.
In his report, the officials should mention reason for demarcating polling centres as sensitive and ultra sensitive. The officers should collect the list of candidates who are contesting election in the region and based on this, they should demarcate polling centres as sensitive and ultra sensitive. Police force will be deployed adequately at sensitive and ultra sensitive polling centres for peaceful conduct of panchayat election in the district.
The officers were directed to submit report on categorisation of polling booths as sensitive and ultra sensitive in Vikasnagar and Chakrata blocks by June 9. Such reports for Kalsi and Sahaspur blocks should be submitted by June 10. The officials will submit such reportfor Raipur and Doiwala blocks by June 11.
All the department officers have been directed to provide theirvehicle to the transport officer by June 7 evening. Departmentalaction will be taken against the officials who fail to implement this order, he warned. Among those present on the occasion were Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela, Chief Development Officer AK Pandey, ADM, Sonika, SP rural Manikant Mishra, SDM Mohan Singh Barnia, City Magistrate Girish Chandra Gunwant, Chief treasury officer Jagat Singh Chauhan, SDM Arvind Pandey and other district officials.