THANE: In separate drives carried out via the vigilance squads across various portions of Thane district ahead of the impending Lok Sabha elections, as much as 84,000 litres of unlawful liquor and 25 pounds of contraband drugs had been seized.
This was once announced via district collector and election officer Rajesh Narvekar on Saturday while charting out the preparedness of his crew for the impending Lok Sabha elections which were scheduled in Thane on April 29.
“The district administration, police and different agencies have already taken various preventive steps. They have seized unlawful arms, liquor and drugs and have also taken strict motion on those discovered violating the code of conduct via displaying unlawful forums and banners across the district ahead of the polls,” said Narvekar.
The process for filing nominations via aspiring candidates for the three Lok Sabha seat elections in Thane district will begin from April 2, he said. The nominations might be approved until 3pm on April nine, after paying a deposit of Rs 25,000 for candidates from the general category. The scrutiny of programs might be done on April 10 and the remaining date for withdrawal of programs might be on April 12 until 3pm.
An respectable from the election division in Thane said that there might be 6,488 cubicles within the district and a request for an addition of 227 cubicles has been sent after a recent drive so as to add new voters yielded success remaining month. As consistent with the mandate, there may be one polling sales space for 1,200 voters in rural house and 1,400 for those in city areas.
There are over 60 lakh voters who might be cross to the polls this season within the district, said an respectable all through the meet. The administration has confirmed that there are not any prone cubicles within the district while including that a resolution on earmarking crucial and sensitive cubicles would be taken soon in consultation with the police.
Meanwhile, Narvekar said that they were working on having the very best number of all females and divyang-operated polling cubicles within the state. “We are within the means of tabulating appropriate cubicles within the district the place we could deploy an all-women crew, together with polling officers and safety body of workers,” he said.
He also said that adequate personnel and ballot machines, at the side of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)s, had been deployed within the district to cater to emergencies. The ballot machines are tamper evidence and will sustain 50 degrees temperature. No mobiles might be allowed within the polling sales space for safety causes, said an officer.
Speaking about the projects, Narvekar said that they're making preparations of erecting sheds outdoor polling cubicles or centres, but even so forming separate queues for the elderly, physically challenged and pregnant females. “We may even explore probabilities of escorting the physically challenged to and from their homes. Special arrangement for medical kits, creche facility for lactating females, at the side of adequate ramps for the disabled might be provided on the cubicles,” Narvekar said.
The process for filing nominations via aspiring candidates for the three Lok Sabha seat elections in Thane district , that might be held within the fourth section, will begin from April 2. The nominations might be approved until 3pm on April nine, after paying a deposit of Rs 25,000 for candidates from the general category
This was once announced via district collector and election officer Rajesh Narvekar on Saturday while charting out the preparedness of his crew for the impending Lok Sabha elections which were scheduled in Thane on April 29.
“The district administration, police and different agencies have already taken various preventive steps. They have seized unlawful arms, liquor and drugs and have also taken strict motion on those discovered violating the code of conduct via displaying unlawful forums and banners across the district ahead of the polls,” said Narvekar.
The process for filing nominations via aspiring candidates for the three Lok Sabha seat elections in Thane district will begin from April 2, he said. The nominations might be approved until 3pm on April nine, after paying a deposit of Rs 25,000 for candidates from the general category. The scrutiny of programs might be done on April 10 and the remaining date for withdrawal of programs might be on April 12 until 3pm.
An respectable from the election division in Thane said that there might be 6,488 cubicles within the district and a request for an addition of 227 cubicles has been sent after a recent drive so as to add new voters yielded success remaining month. As consistent with the mandate, there may be one polling sales space for 1,200 voters in rural house and 1,400 for those in city areas.
There are over 60 lakh voters who might be cross to the polls this season within the district, said an respectable all through the meet. The administration has confirmed that there are not any prone cubicles within the district while including that a resolution on earmarking crucial and sensitive cubicles would be taken soon in consultation with the police.
Meanwhile, Narvekar said that they were working on having the very best number of all females and divyang-operated polling cubicles within the state. “We are within the means of tabulating appropriate cubicles within the district the place we could deploy an all-women crew, together with polling officers and safety body of workers,” he said.
He also said that adequate personnel and ballot machines, at the side of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT)s, had been deployed within the district to cater to emergencies. The ballot machines are tamper evidence and will sustain 50 degrees temperature. No mobiles might be allowed within the polling sales space for safety causes, said an officer.
Speaking about the projects, Narvekar said that they're making preparations of erecting sheds outdoor polling cubicles or centres, but even so forming separate queues for the elderly, physically challenged and pregnant females. “We may even explore probabilities of escorting the physically challenged to and from their homes. Special arrangement for medical kits, creche facility for lactating females, at the side of adequate ramps for the disabled might be provided on the cubicles,” Narvekar said.
The process for filing nominations via aspiring candidates for the three Lok Sabha seat elections in Thane district , that might be held within the fourth section, will begin from April 2. The nominations might be approved until 3pm on April nine, after paying a deposit of Rs 25,000 for candidates from the general category
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