Deputation of troops at all polling stations, special vigilance of very sensitive and sensitive polling stations
Ranchi In Jharkhand, votes will be cast for 13 assembly seats in the first phase on Saturday. All preparations for elections have been completed by the Election Commission of India. Stale Police Nodal Officer Muraralal Meena said that polling personnel were sent by helicopter to conduct polling at 203 polling stations located in Naxal-affected and inaccessible areas. All these polling personnel have reached their polling stations safely. He said that polling personnel was sent by helicopter to 22 polling stations in Gumla, 22 in Lohardaga, 125 in Latehar, 15 in Palamu, 12 in Garhwa and 7 in Chatra.
Murarilal Meena said that in the first phase, adequate security arrangements have been made for the voting on 13 seats on November 30. Jawans have been deployed in all polling stations and patrolling is being done continuously. He told that most of the Naxalites are affected in the assembly seats for which elections are being held in the first phase. Meena said that polling stations have been kept in sensitive and highly sensitive polling stations on Naxal and non-Naxal basis. He lamented that there are 1097 highly sensitive and 461 sensitive polling station buildings in Naxalite affected areas. At the same time, the number of highly sensitive polling station buildings in non-Naxal affected areas is 278 and the number of sensitive polling station buildings is 1215.
