A total of 75 polling parties consisting of presiding officers, polling officers and police force departed on Monday for Chakrata and Vikasnagar blocks in Dehradun district where panchayat election will be held on June 18, said ADM (Finance and Revenue) and election in-charge officer (Personnel) Pratap Singh Shah.
All the polling parties were given election materials before they departed for their assigned polling booths. A total of 167 polling parties will depart for remaining polling centres of Chakrata and Vikasnagar on Tuesday.
As per State Election Commission guidelines, the presiding officers, polling officers and police personnel were given election duty allowance of Rs 1000, Rs 700, Rs 500 and Rs 300 each before departure.
The polling in the Panchayat election will be held in three phases. The polling in the first phase would be held on June 18 in Chakrata and Vikasnagar blocks; in the second phase on June 21 at Kalsi and Sahaspur blocks and in the third phase on June 24 in Doiwala and Raipur blocks of the district.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Rautela said that adequate police force has been deputed on panchayat election duty and with the deployment of sufficient police personnel at each polling booth, the polling in panchayat election will be held peacefully in the district.
One sub-inspector along with two Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel will be deployed at those polling booths which have been identified as ultra sensitive.
Two PAC personnel will be deployed at sensitive polling booths. One constable and one Home Guard or PRD jawan will be deployed at each polling booth in the district.
In Vikasnagar, 29 polling booths have been identified as sensitive and 18 as ultra sensitive. The polling area of Vikasnagar block has been divided into three zones and 12 sectors.
In Chakrata, 45 polling centres have been identified as sensitive and 15 as ultra sensitive. The polling area of Chakrata block has been divided into two zones and 16 sectors. On June 18, polling will be held at 133 polling centres in Chakrata and 205 in Vikasnagar, he added.