Chirang district administration conducts orientation programme for the ensuing parliamentary election

Correspondents

Kokrajhar/Bongaigaon: Gearing up to the ensuing parliamentary election in the district, Chirang Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer conducted orientation training for the zonal and sector officers in the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner on Sunday. Conducting the training, Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Gautam Talukdar gave his valuable suggestions to the officers on what to do and what not to do, highlighting the vital roles to be played by them during the election process.

Terming it last-minute review meeting with the officers, he asked them to verify the accessibility of mobile network, availability of power connection, drinking water facility, toilet facility and road connectivity of the polling stations in their respective jurisdiction before the poll day to ensure hassle-free conduct of the election in the district.

He also asked the officers to ensure conducting mock-poll before the commencement of polling process and stressed more training programmes on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) among the public before going to the polls. During the programme, master trainers M. Choudhury and A. Sarma also highlighted the do’s and don’ts for the zonal and sector officers as per guidelines of the Election Commission of India.

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