As the 16th lok Sabha election is inching closer the Office of the Chief Electoral Office has speeded up the polling preparations. With the objective to keep general election hassle free District Election Officer (DEO) Vinay Kumar Choubey conducted a meeting with the authorities of private schools on Thursday.
Representatives from as many as 50 schools were present at the meeting. As many as 500 buses has been asked to submit by April 13 evening for second phase election which is scheduled on April 17 by DEO.While interacting with the media Choubey informed, “The representatives have been asked to fill form-12 A which contains detail information regarding number of buses, driver and conductor name, bus number and submit it within couple of days. Moreover, the school authorities have been ordered to keep schools close from April 15-17.”
Sharing information about the fares paid to school buses by the election commission Choubey added, “School buses capacity of 49 seats and above will be paid Rs2,890 per day and below it will be paid Rs1,800 per day. Besides, the bus driver and conductors will be paid Rs200 daily for their meal apart from the salary.”
Meanwhile, the school authorities have also given their nod on the DEO order. ST Charles school which is situated near Hatia teacher Vinod Kumar said, “Our as many as two buses have been asked for election duty. Our school will make it available on the scheduled time period.”
Echoing him, Jawahar Vidya Mandir Shyamali vice Principal SK Gosh said, “Our school is providing as many as 19 buses for election duty. The buses will be submitted by April 13 evening. However, on schools shut down issue decision will be taken after a meeting with the authorities.”