DC-cum-District Election Officer presided over meeting with Sector Officers and Nodal Officers regarding preparations for Lok Sabha General Elections-2024
For the convenience of Divyang voters, arrangement of wheelchair will be made at each polling centre – Sh Sushil Sarwan
*Tagline for Lok Sabha General Election-2024 is “Chunav Ka Parv, Desh Ka Garv” *
Panchkula, February 22: Deputy Commissioner -cum-District Election Officer, Sh Sushil Sarwan presided over a meeting of all the Sector Officers and Nodal Officers regarding the preparations for Lok Sabha General Elections-2024 and issued directions for the conduct of elections in a fair, peaceful and transparent manner.
In the meeting which was held at Mini Secretariat, Sector-1 here, the Sector Officers and Nodal Officers were given live demos of VVPAT, Controlling Unit (CU) and Ballot Unit (BU) besides sensitizing them about the functioning of EVM. Sh Sarwan said that a total of 418 polling stations have been established in two assembly constituencies – Kalka-01 and Panchkula-02 of the district, which include 215 polling stations in Kalka Assembly constituency and 203 in Panchkula Assembly constituency. He said that the tagline for Lok Sabha General Election-2024 is “Chunav Ka Parv, Desh Ka Garv” adding that the tag line should be widely publicized so as to ensure the maximum participation of voters in the elections.
He directed all the Sector Officers to personally visit the polling stations in areas allotted to them and take stock of minimum basic facilities for the voters and asked them to inform him immediately, in case any shortcomings are found. He said that for the convenience of Divyang voters, arrangement of one wheelchair will be made at each polling centre so as to enable them to cast their vote without any inconvenience. Besides, volunteers will also assist the divyang voters at the polling stations in casting their votes. He also directed the Sector Officers to identify vulnerable and critical polling stations in their respective areas so that additional police personnel can be deployed.
During the meeting, City Magistrate Mannat Rana apprised all the Sector Officers about their work and responsibilities pre-poll, on the poll eve and on the poll day. She highlighted the role of sector officers in the election management, law and order, model code of conduct, monitoring of election expenditure, election process, functioning of EVM-VVPAT, SVEEP and other important aspects of elections.
On this occasion, ASP Manpreet, SDM Panchkula Gaurav Chauhan, SDM Kalka Lakshit Sareen, RTA Hairatjit Kaur, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Simranjit Kaur, CEO Zila Parishad Gagandeep Singh, City Magistrate Mannat Rana, DDPO Rajan Singla, DIO Satpal Sharma, District Social Welfare Officer Vishal Saini, LDM Surendra Sharma, District Horticulture Officer Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Executive Engineer Municipal Corporation Pramod Kumar, Executive Engineer HSVP NK Payal, Executive Engineer Development and Panchayats Department Vikas Rana, Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Sameer Sharma, Regional Officer of Haryana State Pollution Control Board Sudhir Mohan, Executive Engineer Public Works Department Ashish Chauhan, Executive Engineer Irrigation and Water Resources Anurag Goyal, Naib Tehsildar , Election Ajay Rathi , Election Kanungo Kuldeep Singh and other concerned officers were also present.
