Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections | Srikakulam Collector hopeful of achieving above 80% polling
The Hindu
Srikakulam Collector ensures peaceful polling with fool-proof arrangements, web casting, and control rooms for fair elections.
Srikakulam Collector Manazir Jeelani Samoon said that the polling had begun peacefully at 7 am in all Assembly constituencies on May 13, 2024.
Fool-proof arrangements were made to ensure hassle free voting in Etcherla, Amadalavalasa, Srikakulam, Tekkali, Patapatnam, Palasa and Itchapuram, Dr. Manazir said.
The awarensss campaign “No voter should be left from the democratic process” caught the attention of everyone including youngsters who got the voting right first time.
Dr.Manazir said that free and fair election had been the top priority in all polling booths where web casting facility was created to monitor the situation at ground level.
As many as 18.92 lakh voters will cast their votes till 6 pm in 2358 polling centers. Among them, 520 booths were identified as sensitive. An exclusive control room (toll free number-18004256625) has been set up to get the information from all polling booths. Interestingly, BJP candidate of Etcherla N.Eswara Rao also arranged party’s control room (8074937806) to get data of incidents so that the information could be provided immediately to police personnel. He urged the party activists not to retaliate if they were provoked by opposition cadres.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.