Anantanag: Ahead of the Phase-III District Development Council (DDC) Elections and Panchayat/ULB Bye Elections, 279 designated polling parties along with election and poll material were dispatched today from the Distribution Centres Block Development Office Mattan, HSS Chek Wangund and Dak Bangalow Khanabal to the Polling stations setup in Khoveripora and Hiller blocks and Mattan & Seer Hamdan Municipal Committees.
The distribution of poll material among the polling parties along with their departure from the Distribution Centres was done amid tight security and in observance of covid-19 protocol under the supervision of Nodal officer poll material Shahnawaz Ahmad at Dak Bangalow, Tehsildar and BDO Mattan at BD office Mattan and BDO Hiller at HSS Chek Wangund.
Under this phase, polling will be held for Khovripora and Hiller DDC seats, Panch and Sarpanch vacancies (where ever necessary) in these two blocks and ULB vacancies (where ever necessary) in Mattan & Seer Hamdan MC’s on December 4.
For DDC seat Hiller, 07 candidates are in fray whose political fate will be decided by 15804 electors while as 47676 voters shall decide the fate of 06 contesting candidates for DDC seat Khoveripora for which 63 and 205 polling stations have been established respectively.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, K.K. Sidha, who is district Panchayat Election Officer, along with ADC (S) (Dy. DPEO) reviewed the arrangements and Basic Minimum Facilities (BMF’s) in the Polling stations like accommodation for polling staff, food, bedding, heating and lighting facilities, provision of drinking water etc besides facilities for specially-abled voters.
The DPEO exhorted for facilitating every basic amenity in the Polling stations so that voters as well as polling staff may not face any kind of inconvenience.
All the arrangements for facilitating smooth conduct of polls for this phase have been put in place.
