Prakasam ready for ZPTC, MPTC polls

District collector P Raja Babu said on Wednesday that Prakasam district is fully ready for the ZPTC and MPTC elections on Thursday. The collector, along with joint collector Kalpana Kumari, and ZP CEO Chiranjeevi, explained in a press meet in Ongole on Wednesday, that polling will be held in 25 ZPTCs and 220 MPTCs, as two ZPTCs and 151 MPTCs were unanimous.

There are 96 ZPTC and 599 MPTC candidates in the contest. The district has 10,70,902 voters and 1265 polling stations. Of these, 524 are normal, 362 are sensitive and 379 are hypersensitive.

The collector informed that 8,908 polling staff have reached their stations with election material. Webcasting is arranged at all sensitive and hypersensitive stations, while IIIT students will record proceedings at normal stations.

Speaking separately on security, Superintendent of Police V Harshavardhan Raju said that 2391 police and other staff are deployed. The district has 714 polling locations, including 83 hypersensitive and 149 sensitive ones. Police formed 34 striking forces, a special force of 25 circle inspectors and 141 route mobile vehicles.

Drones and CC cameras will watch polling areas, counting centres and strong rooms. He further said police bound over 739 rowdy sheeters and 974 others. Police booked 23 cases for code violations and seized 187.37 litres of liquor in 48 cases and Rs 2,80,300 cash in 13 cases. The SP urged people to report any trouble on 100, 112 or the district police WhatsApp number 9121102266.

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Naresh Nandam

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Naresh Babu Nandam works as a Special Correspondent at The Hans India and primarily covers the erstwhile Prakasam district. He has a master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication and a bachelor's degree in Law. He has around twenty years of experience in print and broadcast journalism. He is a certified Google News Initiative trainer for fact-checking and online verification. Outside his journalism work, he is an OSINT practitioner and takes part in CTF challenges. He is the author of a spiritual thriller titled 'The Amber Scroll', available on Amazon.in.

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