The district administration on Tuesday held a meeting of nodal officers on electoral preparedness. A release from the administration said that in the meeting that the Collector, Archana Patnaik, headed issues regarding election planning, monitoring of short service messages, information and communication planning, control room system, election expenditure and much more were discussed.
They also discussed equipment and accessories needed for the smooth conduct of election, law and order maintenance, identification of sensitive booths and a few other issues. District Revenue Officers T. Christuraj, Sri Venkatapriya, Noor Mohammad, Muthu Ramalingam, and Karpakam among others participated.
For the first time, Central paramilitary force personnel will be part of the zonal officers’ team monitoring Assembly elections.
According to sources, the inclusion of the personnel comes following the Election Commission of India norms. Thus far only personnel from the State police force were part of the zonal teams.
The teams would have thasildars and officers from other government departments with the powers of executive magistrates. The district administration also planned to give a single window clearance to political parties applying for permission for electioneering.
At each Returning Officer’s office the single window clearance system would be in place.
Political parties could either apply online or offline for the permission but the parties would be encouraged to adopt the former system.
They also discussed equipment and accessories needed for the smooth conduct of election, law and order maintenance, identification of sensitive booths and a few other issues. District Revenue Officers T. Christuraj, Sri Venkatapriya, Noor Mohammad, Muthu Ramalingam, and Karpakam among others participated.
For the first time, Central paramilitary force personnel will be part of the zonal officers’ team monitoring Assembly elections.
According to sources, the inclusion of the personnel comes following the Election Commission of India norms. Thus far only personnel from the State police force were part of the zonal teams.
The teams would have thasildars and officers from other government departments with the powers of executive magistrates. The district administration also planned to give a single window clearance to political parties applying for permission for electioneering.
At each Returning Officer’s office the single window clearance system would be in place.
Political parties could either apply online or offline for the permission but the parties would be encouraged to adopt the former system.