Chief Electoral Officer took stock of election preparations in Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur, 10 April (HS). In order to take stock of the preparations for Lok Sabha elections 2024, Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar reached Jamshedpur on Wednesday. During this, he took information from District Election Officer Ananya Mittal in the Parliament about the preparations being made in East Singhbhum district in view of the Lok Sabha elections. Emphasizing on the availability of basic facilities at the polling stations, he directed to take special care of the facilities of disabled people and elderly voters. Also, instructions were given to make adequate arrangements for sheds, drinking water, toilets, sitting chairs etc. at the polling stations for all the voters in view of the heat and sunlight.

During the field visit, the Chief Electoral Officer observed the preparations made at Gandhi Ashram polling centre, community hall located in New Baradwari in the urban area. Took information about absent, shifted, death voters from AERO and BLO. On the day of voting, detailed information was obtained regarding seating arrangement, voting compartment, preparation for home voting, name registration of new voters and other points. On the occasion, he directed the officials to ensure that no voter faces any inconvenience in the polling station. Apart from this, instructions were given regarding construction of ramp as per the standards for the disabled people, walk foot mark signage for blind voters etc. so that they do not face any problem in getting drinking water and toilets.

During this, District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner East Singhbhum Ananya Mittal, Deputy Development Commissioner Manish Kumar, District Supply Officer Salman Zafar Khizri, District Planning Officer Arun Dwivedi, Deputy Election Officer Priyanka Singh, District Public Relations Officer Panchanan Oraon, Municipal Engineers and others were present. Were.