Arrangements for GMC elections reviewed

Guntur: Guntur Municipal Corporation commissioner and additional election authority K Mayur Ashok directed officials to speed up preliminary arrangements for conducting the GMC elections in a transparent manner. He along with the officials on Monday inspected the AC College premises and issued instructions to officials to make necessary arrangements for the distribution of election material.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that 27 returning officers have already been appointed for conducting elections at 596 polling stations covering 76 wards in the GMC. He directed officials to ensure that election material was properly distributed to the respective returning officers.

He instructed the Engineering and Town Planning officials to ensure proper access for buses transporting election material from the distribution centre and to make adequate arrangements for providing meals to election staff. He further directed officials from all departments to coordinate with one another and expedite the election-related arrangements.

GMC additional commissioners I Kishore and G Ravindra, deputy commissioners G Sambasiva Rao, B Srinivasa Rao and Ch Srinivas, superintending engineer G Venkateswara Rao, city planner D Rambabu, ACP Zakira, DEE Hanif accompanied him.

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