Hazaribagh administration has declared 83 polling booths as super sensitive in civic poll 2013 in the municipal area out of 224 booths. All booths have been declared sensitive in this election. The sensitive booths have been divided into three categories.
As per the decision taken by the district administration in category A 83 booths have been kept, in B category it is 71 and in C categories 70 booths are in the town area. This decision has been taken on the basis of reports and history of re-polling, conflicts between the groups and bogus polling in the last elections.
The 83 booths which were declared as super sensitive in the 32 wards of the town area are as follows. In ward number one 7 booths have been identified as super sensitive, in ward number two it is 6, in ward number three 3, ward eight 4, wards no. nine, ten and eleven 6 booths each, in ward no. sixteen 5, ward no. seventeen 7, ward no. eighteen 8, ward no. nineteen 7, ward no. twenty 4, ward no. twenty eight 5 and in ward number thirty having three super sensitive booths.
Remaining booths are in the category of sensitive of B and C grades. The election officer cum Panchayati Raj Officer Ram Narayan Singh said that all the security arrangement has been made by the district administration. He said that administration has decided to conduct fair and fear free polls in the civic election 2013.
Singh said that extra forces have also demanded from the state. He said in the election the district police, CRPF, Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) and home guard will be deputed on every booth of the town.
Deputy Commissioner of Hazaribagh Manish Ranjan said that during the civic poll activities of anti-social elements will not be tolerated and strict action would be taken against those who will be caught doing something unsocial. Administration has arranged special police patrolling in different parts of the town during the polling day. Necessary telephone numbers have also been made public by the administration in case of any emergency.