In order to conduct lok Sabha election 2014 peacefully, a total of 132 polling parties consisting of presiding officers, polling officers and police personnel departed for Chakrata Vidhan Sabha area on Monday, said Dehradun election officer Dr BVRC Purushottam.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela, SP (City) Navneet Singh Bhullar, SP (Rural) Mani Kant Mishra and other police officers reached Parade Ground to oversee the departure of the polling parties for their assigned polling booths in Chakrata Vidhan Sabha area.
Rautela said that Central Armed Police Force team, PAC jawans and 132 polling parties had departed for various polling booths in the district on Monday. As per the direction of Election Commission of India, the presiding officer, polling officer and police force was given election duty allowance of `150 per day before their departure for their assigned polling booth.
Purushottam said that 56 polling parties had departed on May 4. So far, 188 polling parties have departed for Chakrata Vidhan Sabha constituency and remaining 11 polling parties will depart on Tuesday. All the polling parties were given election related materials before they departed for their assigned polling booths. A total of 1326 polling parties will depart for remaining Vidhan Sabha constituencies on May 6. The polling parties for Dharmpur, Doiwala and Rishikesh assembly constituencies under the Haridwar parliamentary constituency will depart on May 6. These will include 153 polling parties for Dharmpur assembly constituency, 148 for Doiwala segment and 162 for Rishikesh segment. In addition to this, polling parties for Raipur, Rajpur Road, Dehradun Cantt, Mussoorie, Sahaspur and Vikasnagar assembly constituencies will also depart on Tuesday.
In another development, the election officer Purushottam said that four polling booths under two Vidhan Sabha areas- Dehradun Cantt and Mussoorie have been changed. The polling booth numbers 24 and 25 at Government Primary School Dhadhar Machchhi Talab, Niranjanpur have been changed and now polling will be held at Carmel School, Mohit Vihar, Niranjanpur.