6 Lac 16 Thousand 854 Voters Cast Their Votes in SAS Nagar District:4306 Election Officers Will Do Election Duty for 685 Polling Booths: Sidhu

By 121 News Reporter

Mohali 31^st March:-- 6 lac 16 thousand 854 voters of 3 constituencies of SAS Nagar, Kharar & Dera Bassi, in SAS Nagar district, could cast their votes in Lok Sabha elections to be held on 30 April. The total voter in the district consists of 3 lac 26 thousand 222 males & 2 lac 90 thousand 632 female. To facilitate the voters 685 polling booths have been arranged and on these polling booths 4306 election officers will perform their duties on election’s day. This was disclosed by the District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu.

Explaining about the polling procedure, District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that one Presiding officer, one alternate Presiding officer & two Polling officers will be deputed at each polling booth. He said that fair & transparent elections will be conducted in the district & to facilitate the voters necessary arrangements have been made for the election’s day. Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that first rehearsal of election officers will be conducted on 6 April from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. In this election rehearsal, election procedure will be elaborated in detail so that the officers could not face any problem while performing election duty. He said that first rehearsal of election officers for SAS Nagar constituency will be carried out at Shivalik school phase 6, SAS Nagar and for Kharar constituency the rehearsal will be carried out at Royal Palace Landran road, Kharar. Meanwhile rehearsal for Dera Bassi constituency will be conducted at Palm Resorts, Near MC Donalds, Zirakpur Ambala Highway. He said that supervisors have also been deputed along with election officers; these supervisors will monitor the polling booths time to time to counter any unwanted problem. Besides above, to maintain law & order at every polling booth, police officers & requisite staff will also be available on duty. Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that a close watch on anti social elements will be kept & any person found guilty of disturbing law & order will not be excused, rather strict action against him will be initiated. Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that in SAS Nagar district, there are 122 polling booths which are hyper sensitive & 231 polling booths are sensitive. Sh. Sidhu said that in Kharar constituency out of total 224 polling booths, 23 are hyper sensitive & 129 are sensitive. In SAS Nagar constituency, out of 221 polling booths, 32 are hyper sensitive & 45 are sensitive. Meanwhile in Dera Bassi constituency out of total 240 polling booths 67 are hyper sensitive & 57 are sensitive. He said that to conduct peaceful election, these polling booths will be kept under close surveillance of district administration. He said that besides seeking help from political parties, help from general public will also be sought to conduct peaceful elections in the district. He appealed the public to cooperate with district administration to maintain peace & integrity.