Security for local body polls reviewed

Kakinada: Kakinada District Superintendent of Police G Bindu Madhav has directed police officials to make comprehensive security arrangements to ensure that the forthcoming local body elections are conducted peacefully and transparently.

At a meeting with police officials at the District Police Office on Thursday, the SP reviewed the security measures to be taken during the nomination process, polling and counting of votes.

He stressed the need for advance planning and effective coordination among police personnel to prevent untoward incidents during the election process. Bindu Madhav instructed officers to remain alert and take preventive measures to maintain law and order throughout the elections.

The SP said maintaining peace and ensuring a secure environment for the elections should be the priority of all police personnel involved in election duties. Additional SP (Admn) Dr Mahanti Kishore Kumar, Special Branch DSP KVV Satyanarayana, Peddapuram DSP ABG Tilak, and circle inspectors, sub-inspectors and reserve inspectors attended the meeting.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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