Hazaribagh district administration has decided to send a proposal to increase the number of polling booths in different Assembly segments of the district. This decision was taken in a meeting of district officials with the representatives of different political parties.
DC cum District Election Officer Ravi Shankar Shukla chaired this meeting held in his office meeting room.
In this meeting decision was taken to increase the number of booths in six Assembly segments and Hazaribagh parliamentary segment. The district administration had also decided to issue a notification to all the eligible voters to check their name in the voters list.
The assistant election officer of Hazaribagh Naryan Vigyan Prabhakar said that in this meeting decision was taken to make new booth where the number of voters has gone up to 1000. On this basis it was found that we will have to increase about 378 booths in the district. Process of adding new and eligible voters will also start as a drive very soon.
Due to increase in number of voters we have prepared a proposal to increase 111 booths in Barhi constituency, 114 in Mandu, 40 in Barkattha, 70 in Barkagaon and 83 in Hazaribagh sadar constituency. Now we are going to publicise this proposal for getting objections and suggestions.
In his address Prabhakar said to all the representatives of political parties that we have done this work honestly and now it is on you to give suggestions and objections, if any. After getting your suggestions and objections we will send it to election commission for approval.