To assure the voters that it was safe to come out to the polling stations and cast their votes without fear, more than 200 paramilitary force personnel and rural police personnel conducted a flag march past at Anaikatti, located on the Tamil Nadu -Kerala state border on Friday evening.
Rural police decided to deploy the paramilitary forces in the bordering check post areas to prevent Maoist movements in Anaikatti and a few other areas. A flag march past was also conducted at Sulur and Pollachi town.
"We have five critical polling stations and a few more vulnerable polling stations in the six assembly constituencies. So, we conducted the flag march past in the vulnerable areas because it would build confidence among the voters," said R V Ramya Bharati, superintendent of police, Coimbatore.
She added that the rural areas have more than 10 check posts in the Tamil Nadu -Kerala borders. "We would deploy the paramilitary forces in the check posts round the clock. They will conduct vehicle checks and they are well-equipped to tackle any kind of situation," said Ramya Bharati.
Coimbatore district has 10 constituencies including Coimbatore South, Coimbatore North, Kavundampalayam, Mettupalayam, Singanallur, Kinathukadavu, Thondamuthur, Sulur, Pollachi and Valparai. As of now the 10 assembly constituencies have 28, 33,249 voters.
The 10 constituencies have 2,911 polling stations located in 967 places in across the Coimbatore district.
The Coimbatore rural police will focus on six constituencies including Kavundampalayam, Mettupalayam, Sulur, Kinathukadavu, Pollachi and Valparai. The election commission of India has allotted nine companies (900 personnel) of Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) for the six constituencies.
On Friday around 5 pm, Ramya Bharati and a few police officials, 40 rural police personnel and 160 ITBPF conducted the march past from Anaikatti check post to Tamil Nadu -Kerala border area. They walked at least 1.5 km from the check post.
Over 20 police personnel, 67 paramilitary forces and 15 armed reserve police conducted the flag march past from Sulur, Kalangal road, Government hospital and Sandhaipettai. They marched atleast 6 km. Around 49 paramilitary forces and 61 rural police personnel conducted the march past at Mahalingapuram, Police station road, Bazaar street, Post office road in Pollachi. They conducted the march past for four kms.
The election commission has identified 273 polling stations as vulnerable and five polling stations as critical. Some of the areas have reported communal tension. These areas were noted as critical in Mettupalayam.
According to election officials, more than 10 years ago, problems were reported from a few areas during the elections. After that no violations have been reported during election. But the ECI keep the old records and said Coimbatore has critical and vulnerable polling stations.
Rural police decided to deploy the paramilitary forces in the bordering check post areas to prevent Maoist movements in Anaikatti and a few other areas. A flag march past was also conducted at Sulur and Pollachi town.
"We have five critical polling stations and a few more vulnerable polling stations in the six assembly constituencies. So, we conducted the flag march past in the vulnerable areas because it would build confidence among the voters," said R V Ramya Bharati, superintendent of police, Coimbatore.
She added that the rural areas have more than 10 check posts in the Tamil Nadu -Kerala borders. "We would deploy the paramilitary forces in the check posts round the clock. They will conduct vehicle checks and they are well-equipped to tackle any kind of situation," said Ramya Bharati.
Coimbatore district has 10 constituencies including Coimbatore South, Coimbatore North, Kavundampalayam, Mettupalayam, Singanallur, Kinathukadavu, Thondamuthur, Sulur, Pollachi and Valparai. As of now the 10 assembly constituencies have 28, 33,249 voters.
The 10 constituencies have 2,911 polling stations located in 967 places in across the Coimbatore district.
The Coimbatore rural police will focus on six constituencies including Kavundampalayam, Mettupalayam, Sulur, Kinathukadavu, Pollachi and Valparai. The election commission of India has allotted nine companies (900 personnel) of Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) for the six constituencies.
On Friday around 5 pm, Ramya Bharati and a few police officials, 40 rural police personnel and 160 ITBPF conducted the march past from Anaikatti check post to Tamil Nadu -Kerala border area. They walked at least 1.5 km from the check post.
Over 20 police personnel, 67 paramilitary forces and 15 armed reserve police conducted the flag march past from Sulur, Kalangal road, Government hospital and Sandhaipettai. They marched atleast 6 km. Around 49 paramilitary forces and 61 rural police personnel conducted the march past at Mahalingapuram, Police station road, Bazaar street, Post office road in Pollachi. They conducted the march past for four kms.
The election commission has identified 273 polling stations as vulnerable and five polling stations as critical. Some of the areas have reported communal tension. These areas were noted as critical in Mettupalayam.
According to election officials, more than 10 years ago, problems were reported from a few areas during the elections. After that no violations have been reported during election. But the ECI keep the old records and said Coimbatore has critical and vulnerable polling stations.