Bhubaneswar(14/05/2024): On a visit to review the poll preparedness in Sundargarh district
Additional Chief Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha Nikunja Bihari Dhal has took detailed stock of the law and order situation, communication plan, election expenditure monitoring, SVEEP and other poll
related preparations for ensuring a free, fair, inclusive and inducement free election there.
During this visit Dhal directed the District Election Officer cum Collector Sundargarh Dr Gavali Prasad Harshad and all enforcement
agencies to be more vigilant about the expenditure sensitive Rourkela
constituency.
In a review meeting that was organized in the Conference Hall of the
ADM, Rourkela and attended by the Additional Chief Electoral Officer Dr N Thirumala Naik, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Satrughna Kar, DIG Western Range Niti Sekhar, District Election Officer Sundargarh Dr Gavali Prasad Harshad, SP Sundargarh Pratyush Diwakar, SP Rourkela Brijesh
Kumar Rai and the enforcement officers, CEO Dhal reviewed different poll
related issues in detail.
He instructed the District Magistrate to constitute more
FSTs and SSTs for fullproof monitoring of the expenditure sensitive Rourkela
constituency.
Dhal directed all the enforcement agencies like the State GST,
IT, Forest Department, Excise Department and police to work in coordination to ensure
inducement free election.
Taking stock of the security arrangements the CEO informed the DIG Northern Range and the SPs that minimum 14 companies of CAPF will be
allotted to Sundargarh district.
He also asked both the SPs to deploy in situ
CAPF at least one day in advance of the polling date in the four EVM strong
room locations.
SP- Rourkela briefed the CEO regarding the arrangements for
some net shadow booths.
The DEO informed the CEO about installation
ofmCCTVs are installed in the six interstate check posts.
The CEO advised him
to install CCTVs in all police nakas for better outcome.
During the review process the DEO intimated about the different SVEEP
activities in Rourkela for better voter turnout.
The CEO asked the DEO to target
for 75 percent voter turnout in Rourkela and Raghunathpali constituencies.
He also instructed the DEO to ensure a festive atmosphere in the steel city to give a good voting experience to all the voters.
After the review meeting CEO Dhal visited the EVM commissioning center
at Udit Nagar and had a brief interaction with the two General Observers of ECI
there.
He expressed satisfaction about the overall poll arrangements in the
district and directed all the officials to work as a team to ensure an accessible, inclusive and inducement free election
in the district.