EC reviews preparations for Punjab polls

Due to COVID, maximum voters at a booth has been reduced from 1,500 to 1,200: CEC

Ahead of elections to the Punjab Assembly, Election Commission officials on Thursday met with representatives of national and State political parties and reviewed the overall poll preparedness.

Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey, besides Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, S. Karuna Raju held the meetings.

Mr. Sushil Chandra said that in view of COVID, the EC had revisited some norms. As a result, the maximum number of voters at a polling station had been reduced from 1,500 to 1,200. Also, to make elections more accessible, the Commission had directed that all polling stations be located on the ground floor with assured minimum facilities such as drinking water, toilets, ramps, wheelchairs, electricity, volunteers, shades, help desks, etc, the CEC said at a press conference here.