Collector Ashok Agrawal, at a meeting of district-level officers, intensely reviewed the preparations for assembly election and the Qwanr Navratri Dongargarh Mela to be started from October 5.
The collector said that the officers and departments should adhere to the responsibilities given to them regarding arrangements for the election and the mela within time limit. He instructed the zonal officers appointed for the forthcoming assembly election to submit report of the situation and arrangement at each polling centres under their respective zone to the SDM concerned immediately.
Agrawal also reviewed the preparations for the Navratri Dongargarh Mela. In the meeting, executive engineer, PWD, said that the repair of all the roads leading towards Donga-rgarh were being done at a fast pace. The Collector instructed to ensure cleanliness of the Padyatri road in Rajnandgaon city and other roads.
The collector instructed the SDM to issue letters to the officers of the department concerned to work out the probable lacunas in the polling centres. He said that the requirements like necessary maintenance, electricity and drinking water arrangement of all the polling centres should be resolved by October 20. He told the officers to make proposals for maintenance of approach road to the police centre, if necessary.
In the meeting the collector enquired about each polling centre to the officers of the district present there, to whom the responsibility of zonal officers of the election had been given. The collector asked superintending engineer of the power distribution company and the district education officer to ensure arrangement for power in all the polling centres of the district, while keeping mutual coordination.
As per the instructions of the election commission the instructed to collect the telephone and mobile number of each polling centre and electorate. For the review of the situation of polling centres, the collector has convened a joint meeting of all the principals, BEOs and Sankul in-charges.