By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Puri Collector Samartha Verma and ADM cum RO on Wednesday visited several areas of Pipili Assembly segment to review poll preapartons at various booths ahead on the Thursday voting.Collector Verma and other senior officials visited Pipili and Delang reviewed poll preparedness of polling parties and other arrangements.
Collector and ADM cum RO visited various booths of Pipili and Delang and reviewed poll preparedness of polling parties and other arrangements @OdishaCeo@ECISVEEP@ECISVEEP,” PuriOfficial tweeted @Puri_Official.
Around 2.29 lakh voters will exercise their franchise at 348 booths in the assembly constituency between 7 am to 6 pm on Thursday. About 2200 polling personnel will be engaged for the by-poll including the staff deployed to ensure implementation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviours at the polling booth. 348 EVMs and VVPATs have been deployed in the election.
Around 2000 police personnel including three companies of BSF have been put on duty. There are 32 mobile parties and the police force is led by SP Puri who is assisted by seven DSPs and three Additional SPs. There are 201 sensitive (critical) polling stations in the constituency, where, central armed police force, micro observer, web cameras will be deployed,As many as 423 vehicles are hired to be used by polling personnel, police personnel.
