Collector P. Seetharaman and Superintendent of Police Ashwin Kotnis addressing a press conference in Cuddalore on Wednesday.
CUDDALORE:
A total of 1,380 out of 1,945 polling stations in Cuddalore district have been identified as sensitive. These polling stations will be guarded by the Central paramilitary forces and monitored by micro observers and videographed, according to Collector P. Seetharaman and Superintendent of Police Ashwin Kotnis.
They were addressing a press conference here on Wednesday on preparedness for the Assembly elections scheduled for April 13. They said that instead of classifying the booths as “sensitive, hypersensitive and vulnerable,” problematic booths had been brought under the single head “sensitive,” but with gradation. These booths were so classified depending upon past experience: either these booths fall within the ambit of the constituencies in which high-profile candidates were contesting, or where the polling was either beyond expectations or too low or where malpractices occurred.
While Bhuvanagiri had the highest number of sensitive booths (188), Cuddalore had the lowest number of problematic booths (73). The Collector said that the micro observers were officials drawn from the Central government undertakings and public sector enterprises. It would be the responsibility of the micro observers to monitor the sensitive booths and inform the happenings to the general and expenditure observers. There would be five general observers, at the rate of one each for every two Assembly segments, and two expenditure observers, at the rate of one for every five Assembly segments.
The Collector said that on the guidelines of the Election Commission, the “District Election Management Plan” (DEMP) would be readied by Saturday, listing out sensitive booths, security arrangements and the number of polling officials. In the revised electoral rolls, there were 16,45,134 voters in the district, including 8,36,633 men and 8,08,501 women. Of the 49,976 newly enrolled voters, 32,121 were in the 19-20 age group. Non-Resident Indians seeking to vote would have to submit Form-6A, he said.
The model code of conduct had come into force from Tuesday evening, and hence, the conduct of processions, public meetings and publicity materials should be in conformity with the code. Venues for public meetings had been identified where national, State and district-level leaders and local dignitaries would get priority in that order. The campaign could go on till 10 p.m. in urban areas and 11 p.m. in rural areas. The Collector said that an election control room had been set up at the Collectorate that would function round the clock to register complaints and clear doubts about election related matters.
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