Commissioner, Syed Khalid Hyder Shah Friday directed to ensure electricity at the polling stations without interruption during the election day and arrange solar systems, batteries and generators for the polling stations which did not have HESCO infrastructure. He said this while presiding over the meeting in his office regarding the reparations for the election to be held on February 8.
Talking to the Divisional Officers, the commissioner said that before the polling, the responsibility of guarding the CCTV and furniture was of the watchman and headmaster of the concerned polling station and after the election, adding the presiding officer would remove the sensitive content of the CCTV DVR, etc and submit it to the DRO along with the other sensitive polling materials.
Khalid Hyder Shah said that in view of the security situation in the country, health emergency had been declared in the division, for this, the health staff should remain alert. He directed the heads of related institutions to make arrangements for cleanliness and drinking water at the polling stations. DIG Hyderabad Tariq Dharejo said that the plan for the deployment of security officials at the most sensitive and sensitive polling stations had been finalized. He gave instructions to all SSPs to strengthen the security arrangements during polling day and after the polls police should remain alert till all the election material was delivered safely.
