DC reviews poll preparedness, directs nodal officers to evolve mechanism for smooth conduct of polls

Ludhiana, March 5 (Punjab khabarnama) : Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer, Sakshi Sawhney on Tuesday held a meeting with District Nodal Officers/Assistant Nodal Officers of different committees to ensure that all arrangements are in place ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The meeting was held at Bachat Bhawan where Sawhney reviewed the on-going preparations for the general elections. She emphasized that all teams should be adequately prepared as per the directions of the Election Commission of India. The Deputy Commissioner also checked the structure and functioning of these committees and gave specific directions to ensure an effective mechanism is in place.
Sawhney also pointed out that the manpower management committee will assess the entire requirement of personnel in the district to conduct the elections. The EVM Management committee will ensure that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are properly stored, secured, available, and checked, with overall monitoring. The nodal officer for implementing the model code of conduct will ensure that all instructions of the ECI are followed in letter and spirit once the Model Code of Conduct comes into effect. Similarly, the nodal officer for law & order will ensure vulnerability mapping and security development plan. The Computerization, cyber security and IT committee will ensure randomization, cyber security and training of IT applications to the manpower.
The Deputy Commissioner also reviewed other preparedness areas, including transport management, training management, material management, expenditure monitoring, SVEEP activities, ballot papers, facilities being ensured for persons with disabilities (PWDs), helpline & complaints redressal, and SVEEP. She also asked the nodal officers to ensure timely redressal of the complaints received on C-vigil, offline and NGSP portal. Furthermore, she asked them to ensure the arrangements of staying facilities for the armed forces when they land in the district to avoid any kind of inconvenience and webcasting facilities in all polling stations.
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included SSP Ludhiana Rural Navneet Singh Bains, ADCs Ojsavi Alankar, Major Amit Sareen, Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Rupinder Pal Singh and others.