The Haridwar district administrative officers were directed to take necessary steps for ensuring free and fair, independent, unbiased and transparent three-tier Panchayat election in the district. The officials should be alert in those polling booths which have been demarcated as sensitive and ultra sensitive. Additional police forces should be deployed at sensitive and ultra sensitive polling booths.
State election commissioner Subardhan said this while presiding over a meeting with the district officers at Mela control room, Haridwar on Sunday. The officials were strictly directed to execute their duties effectively with zero tolerance towards negligence of duty, he warned.
“The administrative officials should refrain from partiality and execute their work without stress. Our objective should be to conduct this election in an independent, free and fair manner in the district,” he added. The officials were directed to raise awareness among the voters and ensure that maximum people reach polling booth for exercising their franchise on polling day. He said that election process is being conducted under the directions of state election commission. Ballot boxes which are sent at block level for election should be error free and properly checked before being sent. The block development officers were directed to ensure that ballot boxes are checked to ensure they are in proper condition.
Ten per cent extra of total required ballot boxes should be kept in reserve at block and district levels. Haridwar district election officer and district magistrate Harbans Singh Chugh said that 16 zones and 238 sectors have been made for conducting election to the post of 47 district Panchayat members, 221 block Panchayat members, 308 Gram Pradhans and 3736 Gram Panchayat members. The election will be held in three phases in the district.
A total of 4, 38, 286 male voters and 3, 94, 827 female voters would exercise their franchise in this election. A total of 525 polling centres and 1508 polling booths have been set up and 7540 officials have been deployed for conducting three tier election peacefully, he added.