During the second phase of election process, detailed training was imparted to election officers in identifying sensitive polling booths and what kind of arrangements has to be made in these booths, in district panchayat Bilaspur on Monday.
In the training, information about marking sensitive polling booths, identification of elements that may affect polling and what preparations have to be done by the election officer for smooth process of polling would be given. To seal the boundaries of his polling area from the time of nomination to counting, keep vigil on the persons and vehicles coming from outside, to cancel the licence of illegally operating liquor shops, to seize arms under the Arms Act, to maintain law and order by calling meeting through the Superintendent of Police and to take the voters into confidence that they should exercise their franchise without any fear are the responsibilities of the election officers.
CRPF personnel will be deployed in the polling booths and they would follow the orders of their commandant. The election officers will provide all facilities to the CRPF personnel and the commandant at local level. The election officers will identify such polling booths where more than 75 per cent votes will be casted and will scrutiny such booths through observers. In the training procedure of commissioning of electronic voting machines and mock poll have been shown through demonstration.
The election officers were informed that the counting of voters in the forthcoming election would be based on January 1, 2013. The counting of such voters, who have become 18 years of age after January 1, 2013 and have been including their name in the voter list, will also be on the basis of January 1, 2013. The upper limit of expenditure by candidates for Parliament election would be Rs 40 lakh and that of Assembly election would be Rs 16 lakh.
In-charge divisional commissioner SlRatre, collectors Mukesh Bansal (Raigadh), Rajat Kumar (Korba), RPS Tyagi (Janjgir); assistant collector Bilaspur Ranvir Sharma, additional collector DS Sorri deputy district election officer SR Kurre, State Master Trainers Rajendra Gupta, Santan Devi Jangde, MP Alam, Rajesh Daniel, Ajit Honyat, SDMs, tehsildars, CMOs and CEOs of Janpad Panchayats of all districts were present at the training programme.