Patna: Patna district administration issued several directives on Saturday for the first phase of the primary agricultural cooperative credit society (PACS) elections scheduled for November 26. These elections will take place across eight blocks in the district – Dulhin Bazaar, Danapur, Naubatpur, Patna Sadar, Punpun, Phulwarisharif, Paliganj and Masaurhi.Polling will be conducted from 7am to 4.30pm and the counting will start at 8am the next day.
According to the administration's order, contestants must camp beyond a 200-metre radius of polling booths and Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be enforced in the respective panchayat areas on polling day to maintain order.
"A total of 68 patrolling teams have been deployed to ensure voting is conducted in an impartial, fair, peaceful and fear-free environment," said a joint order issued by district magistrate-cum-electoral officer Chandrashekhar Singh and senior superintendent of police Rajiv Mishra. The maximum number of teams, 15, has been deployed for Paliganj; 10 each for Masaurhi and Naubatpur; eight for Phulwarisharif; seven each for Dulhin Bazaar, Danapur and Punpun and four for Patna Sadar.
The patrolling magistrates will also be responsible for collecting ballot boxes after polling and depositing them at the designated strongrooms or counting centres. "The magistrates are required to report at their dispatch centres on Monday at 9am to collect election-related materials and hand them over to the presiding officers of the polling centres," the order read.
Magistrates are further tasked with reporting voting percentages for women and men from every polling booth every two hours. "This information will be relayed to the electoral officers at regular intervals," the order added.
Block development officers have been asked to establish control rooms at block head offices on polling day and to deploy sufficient officers and staff to manage complaints and ensure smooth operations. Also, each control room will be equipped with a fire brigade unit and an ambulance, staffed with doctors and stocked with necessary medicines.
Deputy development commissioner Sameer Saurabh and superintendent of police (rural) Vishwajeet Dayal will oversee law and order and electoral processes on the polling day.
Patna: Patna district administration issued several directives on Saturday for the first phase of the primary agricultural cooperative credit society (PACS) elections scheduled for November 26. These elections will take place across eight blocks in the district – Dulhin Bazaar, Danapur, Naubatpur, Patna Sadar, Punpun, Phulwarisharif, Paliganj and Masaurhi. Polling will be conducted from 7am to 4.30pm and the counting will start at 8am the next day.
According to the administration's order, contestants must camp beyond a 200-metre radius of polling booths and Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be enforced in the respective panchayat areas on polling day to maintain order.
"A total of 68 patrolling teams have been deployed to ensure voting is conducted in an impartial, fair, peaceful and fear-free environment," said a joint order issued by district magistrate-cum-electoral officer Chandrashekhar Singh and senior superintendent of police Rajiv Mishra. The maximum number of teams, 15, has been deployed for Paliganj; 10 each for Masaurhi and Naubatpur; eight for Phulwarisharif; seven each for Dulhin Bazaar, Danapur and Punpun and four for Patna Sadar.
The patrolling magistrates will also be responsible for collecting ballot boxes after polling and depositing them at the designated strongrooms or counting centres. "The magistrates are required to report at their dispatch centres on Monday at 9am to collect election-related materials and hand them over to the presiding officers of the polling centres," the order read.
Magistrates are further tasked with reporting voting percentages for women and men from every polling booth every two hours. "This information will be relayed to the electoral officers at regular intervals," the order added.
Block development officers have been asked to establish control rooms at block head offices on polling day and to deploy sufficient officers and staff to manage complaints and ensure smooth operations. Also, each control room will be equipped with a fire brigade unit and an ambulance, staffed with doctors and stocked with necessary medicines.
Deputy development commissioner Sameer Saurabh and superintendent of police (rural) Vishwajeet Dayal will oversee law and order and electoral processes on the polling day.