By Our Correspondent
BERHAMPUR/KORAPUT/NABARANGPUR/BHUBANESWAR: Festival of Democracy began in Odisha in the 4th phase and the State is voting for as many as 4 Lok Sabha seats including Kalahandi, Berhampur, Nabarangpur and Koraput seats and 28 assembly seats under it spread across 9 districts of Ganjam, Berhampur, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Kalahandi.
Till 11 AM , Odisha CEO informed that 23.28 % of polling recorded ,which was 9.75% at 9 am this morning.
Voting started at around 7 am in the morning and continuing smoothly amid unprecedented security measures including deployment of Central Para-Military Forces. Special security measures were taken for left-wing insurgency hit areas of the State. People are casting their votes at around 7,298 police stations spread across these 4 Parliamentary seats.
A larger gathering witnessed at various polling booths since morning as temperature comes down some extent while light rains in few places, also given some relief to voters to come out of home and exercise their franchise.
Total Manpower utilized during election-17000
CAPF deployed- 104 Coys, SAP deployed-66 Platoons, Addl SP-29, DSP-57, Inspector-154, SI/ASI-1457, Havildar & Constables-6639, Home Guards & GRs- 5581, Number of Mobile Parties- 600, Inter State Border Check Posts- 51 (CCTV installed), Intra State Border Check Post-50, Flying Squad Team-210, Static Surveillance Team-195
