Under the three-tier panchayat election in Hazaribag district, the fourth and final phase of polling in Katkamsandi, Katkamdag, Hazaribag, Keredari and Barkagaon blocks of Sadar subdivision will be held on Friday from 7 am to 3 pm through ballot paper.There are about 1020 booths in these five blocks. In this sequence, District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner Nancy Sahay has directed all the attached cells to discharge their responsibilities with full dedication to the nodal officers, polling officers and personnel.
She said that under the three-tier Panchayat election, voting is being held for four posts namely Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Chief, Panchayat Samiti member and Ward members.In the fourth phase of polling, in the above five blocks, there are 10 posts of Zilla Parishad, 88 of Panchayat Chief, 103 of Panchayat Samiti members and 1026 posts of Ward members, in which 01 Panchayat Samiti members have been elected unopposed and voting will be held for 102 posts.Ward member's 343 candidates have been elected unopposed and for 676 posts and all remaining 88 posts of Chief and 10 Zilla Parishad posts will be voted today.
The DC said that in order to conduct the fourth phase of polling peacefully, fair and lawfully, 1020 polling parties will be conducted for 1020 booths in five blocks, in which 4080 polling officers have been deputed. Along with this, by dividing these booths into 181 sectors, sector magistrates were deputed, who would keep a close watch on the election process during the polling period. She also said that the control room will be operational 24×7 to monitor all the activities during the election process. Information can be exchanged on the control room's Tel No. 06546-266301/Mo.: 6202619062 and 06546-260118. She said that the counting of votes for the polling to be held on May 27 and the voting completed on May 24 will start from 8:00 am on May 31 in the market committee.