With the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) elections announced for September 24, the civic body and the police department have geared up to conduct peaceful elections.
Around 202 candidates will contest the MCG elections. The city has 5,58,884 voters in which 2,92,938 male and 2,65,946 female voters would use their vote to elect their favourite candidate. The voting time will start from morning 7 am to 5 pm and the result will also declare on the same day.
The State Election Commission has set up 545 booths across 35 wards for the MCG elections. The polls are 14 months late.
Gurugram Additional Deputy Commissioner Vijay Dahiya along with 12 another returning officers will conduct the elections. A total of 1,982 police personnel will be deployed outside of the polling booth while 1,794 officers from different departments will also keep a tight eye during the polls.
Also, 51 duty magistrates have been deployed. Apart from these, 55 presiding officers, 180 polling officers, 5 duty magistrate and 7 supervisors will be reserved for an emergency. The civic authority has also identified 228 sensitive and hypersensitive booths, where additional force will be deployed.
“Around 545 booths come under these 35 wards and we have also brought 1,600 Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). The administration will put all their efforts to be smooth polls,” Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh, said.
Meanwhile, the Gurugram Police has identified 49 hypersensitive and 41 sensitive locations, where extra force will be deployed for the MCG elections on September 24.
The security on the sensitive and hypersensitive polling stations will be tight and 20 to 30 per cent more cops will be deployed in comparison to normal polling stations.
Also, 50 mobile patrolling parties will be deputed who will patrol across the district.
On Thursday, police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs) and later met with Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs) to discuss security arrangements.