Will make elaborate security arrangements for 381 polling stations with vulnerable pockets- DEO Sakshi Sawhney, SSPs Amneet Kondal and Navneet S Bains

Ludhiana, March 22, 2024: District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, SSP Khanna Amneet Kondal and SSP Ludhiana Rural Navneet Singh Bains on Friday said that the administration would make elaborate security arrangements for 381 polling stations with vulnerable pockets in the district.

Presiding over a meeting to review the arrangements here at the Bachat Bhawan, District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, SSP Khanna Amneet Kondal and SSP Ludhiana Rural Navneet Singh Bains said that the administration had completed the vulnerability mapping of the district as per which 381 out of 2919 polling stations have been identified with vulnerable pockets. They said that special care would be taken to man the vulnerable polling stations across the district.

The officers stated that special care would be taken to ensure that vulnerable polling stations across the district have adequate security cover-up to guarantee free and transparent polls. Punjab Police, along with the para-military force, would be deployed to cover these booths. To ensure fair and transparent polls, webcasting would be ensured in all polling stations on the directions of the Election Commission. 

The primary motive of all these efforts was to ensure that people could participate in this democratic process without any fear or pressure. The district administration is committed to ensuring that every polling booth of the assembly segments has adequate security cover-up to ensure free and fair polling. 

The officers reiterated the firm commitment of the district administration to hold the Lok Sabha polls peacefully. They warned that anyone trying to disrupt the peace during the general elections would be dealt with strictly as per the law. Prominent figures who attended the meeting included ADC Major Amit Sareen, Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Rupinder Pal Singh, GLADA ACA Ojsavi Alankar, MC Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh, SDMs Vikas Hira, Gurbir Singh Kohli, Baljinder Singh Dhillon, Deepak Bhatia, Rajneesh Arora, Beant Singh Sidhu, GLADA Estate Officer Ankur Mahindroo, Joint MC Commissioners Navneet Kaur Bal, Chetan Bunger, RTA Randeep Heer, Assistant Commissioner Krishna Pal Rajpoot, and others.