State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo the other day toured Jagdalpur and Dantewada district headquarters of insurgency-hit Bastar region and reviewed the preparations being made for the first phase of polling on November 12.
Sahoo chaired meetings of district-level administrative and police officials and reviewed the preparations for polls.
He sought information about arrangements for potable water, electricity, ramps and toilets for differently-abled.
The complete responsibility to conduct transparent elections is of the officers and they should perform duties with responsibility and awareness, he said.
Sahoo also instructed the concerned officials to completely abide by the model code of conduct for the elections.
He also reviewed the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign for electoral awareness.
Bastar Range IGP Sunderraj P. apprised the CEO about the security arrangements in sensitive areas and stressed on being cautious about security by the sectoral officials and poll teams present in the meetings.
District Electoral Officer, Dantewada, Saurabh Kumar apprised the CEO in the meeting about the work plan for the electoral process along with a route plan and transportation arrangements.
Sahoo also visited strong rooms created for assembly elections and also the Counting Centre.
He also reviewed the poll preparations for Bastar district at Jagdalpur and inspected the Sangwari Polling Booth at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Higher Secondary School and also the strong rooms established at Government Girls Polytechnic at Dharampura.
Sahoo also provided guidance in the training workshop underway at Nirmal Vidyalaya about free and fair polls and peaceful conduct of the polls.
Divisional Commissioner Dhananjay Dewangan was also present on the occasion.