A day before the polling slated on Wednesday, the polling teams based in Dehradun district collected election- related materials from the Ranger’s College Ground before they left for their assigned polling stations on Tuesday. Dehradun DM who is also the election officer Ravinath Raman was present at the ground and inspected the polling teams collecting materials to be used during the polling.
Raman asked the polling team members to execute their election duties in the rightful manner as per the norms laid down by the election commission to ensure free and fair polling.
He at the same time warned them against doing anything under pressure. Besides, he said that they should not get involved in any dispute while discharging their duties at their respective polling booths.
Twenty three teams comprising presiding officers and polling officers left for the polling stations located in the far- flung areas of Chakrata Assembly constituency on Sunday while 80 such polling teams headed for the plain areas of the same region on Monday. In all, 1622 such polling teams have left for the polling stations situated in the rest of Dehradun district on Tuesday.