Huge security deployment has been done in and around the coal belt of Gomia and Bermo Assembly constituencies which are going to the polls during the third phase of polls on Tuesday. According to the officials, the two constituencies are all set to go on free and fair polls.
“In order to avoid any untoward incident during the polls, unprecedented security personnel comprising Central Para Military Forces (CPMF) including Jaguar, Jharkhand police, SISS and CRPF along with Zonal and Sub- Zonal Magistrates, Micro-observers have been deployed for the polls,” said Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Uma Shankar Singh.
According to Singh, 128 polling stations (in 80 buildings) have been declared as Hyper Sensitive and 140 as Sensitive booths out of a total of 303 polling stations in Gomia constituency itself. Whereas in Bermo 178 hyper-sensitive and 85 out of a total of 298 booths have been declared sensitive polling booths, informed Singh.
Most the terrain in the two constituencies is surrounded with dense forest and hilly areas which are proved to be the breeding ground for the outlawed CPI (Maoists). “More than 80 per cent of the booths in the constituency have been placed in the super-sensitive and hyper-sensitive categories,” said the official.
At least 24 companies of CPMF (45000) have been deployed in these constituencies. Besides Web casting, video recording as well as still photography will be done besides keeping a close vigil on the sensitive booths with the help of two choppers to ensure free and fare polls even at the most difficult terrains of the constituency. Twenty polling booths (10 in each of the constituency) have been converted into model booths and equipped with drinking water facilities, sitting arrangements with shades to facilitate the voters, Singh added.
There are 2,53,663 voters including 1,34,271 male and 1,19,391 female voters in Gomia while 2,85,723 voters in Bermo including 1,52,891 male and 1,32,830 female voters who are ready to decide the fate of the contestants in the fray.
Both the constituencies are expected to witness bi-polar contests. There is a direct contest between Congress sitting MlA Rajendra Singh and BJP candidate Yogeshwar Mahato Batul while JMM candidate Yogendra Mahato is taking on the sitting MlA Madhav lal Singh of BJP in Gomia.