Poll arrangements reviewed

Guntur: District collector CM Sai Kanth Varma directed officials to expedite all necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of elections following the release of the election notification for Mangalagiri-Tadepalli Municipal Corporation and Ponnur Municipality. Following a video conference conducted by State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha with district collectors and Superintendents of Police, he held a review meeting with municipal commissioners and MPDOs at the Collectorate to know election preparedness on Thursday.

He informed that polling for Mangalagiri-Tadepalli Municipal Corporation and Ponnur Municipality would be held on November 26 and counting would take place on November 30.

He instructed officials to be fully prepared for the Gram Panchayat elections and directed the Mandal Special Officers to take complete responsibility for supervising the arrangements. Returning Officer offices should be established at every cluster centre.

Training programmes for presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and other polling personnel should be completed on time. To ensure free, fair and peaceful elections, comprehensive videography and webcasting facilities should be arranged at all polling stations.

He said that the Model Code of Conduct was already in force across the district, except within the limits of GMC and Tenali Municipality. Guntur district SP Vakul Jindal, joint collector Ashutosh Srivastava, DRO Khajavali, ZP CEO Jyothi Basu, DPO Naga Sai Kumar were among those who participated.

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