For conducting peaceful and incident free three-tier Panchayat polls and the lok Sabha elections, Dehradun District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam took a review meeting of Sub Divisional Magistrates, zonal magistrates and sector magistrates in the Nagar Nigam hall here on Monday.
The District Election Officer asked all the officers to gear up for the elections and understands the election commissions guidelines properly. He said that the lists of the booths which saw more than 75% voting last time should be provided to him and the critical booths should be listed.
He asked all the sector and Zonal magistrates to hold a meeting with the police and Sub Divisional Magistrates of their areas on February 24. Purushottam said that all the officers should ensure that the drinking water and toilet facilities are provided at the polling stations. The District Magistrate, who is also the District election Officer, said that the route chart of the polling parties should be prepared and the officers should coordinate with the wireless officer to ensure that the polling stations have the telephone connectivity.
The Panchayat elections in the district would be conducted in three phases. On March 11 Chakrata and Vikasnagar blocks will go for polls, on March 14 Kalsi and Sahaspur voters would cast their vote and on March 21 Doiwala and Raipur blocks would vote. The counting of votes would take place on March 24.