AURANGABAD: A video conference of senior government officials from across the state was held on Saturday to review preparations for the upcoming assembly elections.
The video conference was a run-up for the final review, which the Election Commission of India is going to conduct in Mumbai during its two-day visit scheduled for September 17 and 18.
During the conference, statistics about the preventive actions taken, key areas each of the districts are expected to focus on were discussed. Though some of the lapses reported during the previous general elections were also discussed, but officials refused to reveal anything about them.
During the meeting, special attention was given to review preparations in districts that witnessed either communal or caste-based violence in the past couple of years.
The election department also went through the sanctioned strength as well as the required number of staffers and officials from police and revenue department. This was the second VC held by the state election commission to review preparations of the district collectors, superintendent and commissioners of police from across the state.
A senior official, who attended the meeting, said that after asking for specific statistics about election-related offences in each districts, their current status, communally sensitive booths and constituencies in the state, general instructions were issued to police as well as revenue department officials asking them to ensure foolproof arrangements.
“There is a standard format in which information from each district is prepared and presented,” the official said.
“The officials were asked to present the number of vulnerable areas, constituencies and booths along with the reasons justifying them for being categorized as vulnerable,” he added.
Similarly, total number of polling stations in each unit or district that were tagged as critical during the recently concluded general elections as well as previous assembly elections was reviewed.
The communication plan of police department as well as election department officials, was also discussed and instructions were given to work towards resolving some of the blackspots in the communication plan.
The three-hour conference concluded with instructions to prepare for the final review to be held in Mumbai by the ECI.
The video conference was a run-up for the final review, which the Election Commission of India is going to conduct in Mumbai during its two-day visit scheduled for September 17 and 18.
During the conference, statistics about the preventive actions taken, key areas each of the districts are expected to focus on were discussed. Though some of the lapses reported during the previous general elections were also discussed, but officials refused to reveal anything about them.
During the meeting, special attention was given to review preparations in districts that witnessed either communal or caste-based violence in the past couple of years.
The election department also went through the sanctioned strength as well as the required number of staffers and officials from police and revenue department. This was the second VC held by the state election commission to review preparations of the district collectors, superintendent and commissioners of police from across the state.
A senior official, who attended the meeting, said that after asking for specific statistics about election-related offences in each districts, their current status, communally sensitive booths and constituencies in the state, general instructions were issued to police as well as revenue department officials asking them to ensure foolproof arrangements.
“There is a standard format in which information from each district is prepared and presented,” the official said.
“The officials were asked to present the number of vulnerable areas, constituencies and booths along with the reasons justifying them for being categorized as vulnerable,” he added.
Similarly, total number of polling stations in each unit or district that were tagged as critical during the recently concluded general elections as well as previous assembly elections was reviewed.
The communication plan of police department as well as election department officials, was also discussed and instructions were given to work towards resolving some of the blackspots in the communication plan.
The three-hour conference concluded with instructions to prepare for the final review to be held in Mumbai by the ECI.
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