Polling parties left for destination to conduct bye poll in one LS and two Assembly in Himachal

The polling parties in the the state left for their destination to conduct the bye poll in Mandi Lok Sabha, three assembly bye election schedule to be held onOct 30 in the state.
Chief Electoral officer C Palrasu said that polling parties are already arrived at snowbound area of Himachal Pradesh in Lahaul Spiti, Jubbal Kotkahi and Kinnuar polling station howevermost of polling parties would reach at their respective destination tomorrow.
District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur Apoorva Devgan said that 129 polling parties have left for their respective destinations for all the polling stations of 68-Kinnaur assembly constituency and all will reach their destination by evening. 
 In addition to 27 buses, small vehicles have also been arranged to take the polling parties to their destinations. He informed that 129 polling stations have been set up in 68-Kinnaur Assembly Constituency which includes 3 auxiliary polling stations.

 Apoorva Devgan said that all the polling stations have been provided facilities as prescribedby the Election Commission of India so that voters do not face any kind of inconvenience.  He said that out of 129 polling stations, webcasting would be done at 65 polling stations.  He said that 516 officers and staff including 129 Presiding Officers, 129 Assistant Presiding Officers and 258 Polling Officers have been deployed to complete the polling process at the polling stations.
 Apart from this, 104 Presiding, Assistant Presiding and Polling Officers have been kept in reserve. Apart from this, 18 district level nodal officers, 8 sector magistrates, 27 sectormagistrates have been posted.
 He informed that 3 model polling stations, 30-Rispa, 51-Kalpa, 112-Bhavanagar-1 have been set up. He said that two polling stations run entirely by women have been set up in which one polling station is 55-Rekong Peo-1, (Executive Engineer’s Office Jal-Shakti Department) and 56-Rekong Peo-2 (Thakur Sen Negi College, Rekong Peo) has been installed.
 He said that in Kinnaur assembly constituency, two shadow area polling stations are Sumra and Charang. He said that the highest polling station of the district has been set up at Nako at 3662 meters while the lowest polling station has been set up at Chora-1 at a height of 2086 meters.
  He said that the polling party had to cover about 5 kms to reach the polling station at Rupi. they reach on foot. He said that the maximum number of voters would be 954 voters in the 68-Sangla-1 polling station, while only 14 voters would exercise their franchise at the lowest voter 6-ka polling station.
 He said that there are 4 very sensitive and 11 sensitive polling stations in the district
 He said that in view of the Kovid epidemic at all the polling stations,arrangements have been made at each polling station according to Kovid behavior and Anganwadi and ASHA workers have been deployed for thermal scanning of each voter.
 Superintendent of Police Ashok Ratna said that tight security arrangements have been made at the polling stations to ensure peaceful and fear-free polling. He said that 10 sections of Central Armed Police Force and 425 police personnel and 131 Home Guards personnel are involved for this work. 
He said that half-section central armed forces and a constable have been deployed at sensitive polling stations, an assistant police inspector or chief constable and a constable have been deployed at sensitive polling stations and a police personnel and a constable have been deployed at other polling stations. .
 In the 65-Jubbal Kotkhai assembly by-election, expenditure has been made by the four candidates according to the expenditure fixed under the Election Commission. 

 District Election Officer Chamba DC Rana said that today 156 polling parties have left for their polling booths in sub-divisions Bharmour and Pangi for the
Mandi parliamentary constituency by-elections to be held on October 30.
 He said that a total of 37 polling stations have been set up in Pangi sub-division out of which 35 are main polling stations and 2 are auxiliary polling stations.
  In which Chask Bhatori polling station is located at the highest altitude. Apart from this, Luj, Mahliyet, Ghagit and Rei are included in the sensitive polling stations. 

 He also informed that a total of 119 Polling Stations have been set up in Sub-Division Bharmour out of which 112 are Polling Stations and 7 are Auxiliary Polling Stations.
   Assistant Returning Officer and SDM Mahendra Pratap Singh said that the last phase of rehearsal for the by-election of Mandi parliamentary seat was held in the conference hall of Kaza section on Thursday. After this 29 polling personnel teams were dispatched.
  Assistant Returning Officer Mahendra Pratap Singh Nar told that in the rehearsal, the Assistant Election Officer, Presiding Officer and Polling Officers posted on election duty were told about the election process in detail by following the rules and laws issued by the Election Commission.
  The employees were explained in detail from the beginning of the voting process through EVM till the last process. The process of mock poll explained in detail. Voting will be held from 0800 to 1800hrs.
 29 polling stations have been set up under Kaza subdivision.
 Along with this, three model polling stations will be built. It will have one Tashigang, one Rangrik and one polling station at Guling.
 37 Presiding Officers, 37 Assistant Presiding Officers, 74 Polling Officers participated in the rehearsal.
 The second phase of exercise conducted on October 29. Voting will be held on October 30. 
Assistantt Returning Officer ADM Mohan Dutt Sharma appealed to the employees to follow the rules issued by the Election Commission with honesty and transparency during the election process.
 Along with this, the personnel posted on election duty also gave detailed information about their voting process.
 Mohan Dutt Sharma, Assistant Returning Officer of Pre-Exercise, was briefed about the EVM Machine, VVPAT M3, Control Unit.

 Sector officers were appointed in view of the election, in which Manish Arya in Electricity Department, Losar, Kiyamo, Hansa, Hal, Khurik and Rangrik Polling Station, Tshi Gmachho, Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Hikkim, Langcha, Kaza, Qiling, Lidang, and Demul Polling Station, Tara Chand Jal Shakti Department to Chichim, Kibber, Tashigang and Kih Polling Station, Rishi Kumar Assistant Engineer Electricity Department to Lalung, Dhankhar and Mane Gongma Polling Station, Budhi Chand Assistant Engineer Water Power Department to Gyu, Hurling, Tabo, and Poh polling stations, Yashan Bhardwaj Assistant Engineer Electricity Department have been given Gooling, Tangati Yogma, Sagnam, Mood, Khar and Teling polling stations. 
Many booths do not have internet connectivity, yet a system has been devised so that updates of voting can be given after every two hours.
 Assistant Returning Officer Mahendra Pratap Singh has appealed to all the voters of Spiti to vote as much as possible. Naib Tehsildar Vidya Singh Negi was specially present on this occasion. 
 Women Polling Stations also set up as Model Women Polling Stations have been set up in Keylong.
 Ishe Butith has been posted as Presiding Officer, Polling Officer Tenzin Dawa, Tashi Norjom and Chodan, Lady Constables Rita and Saroj.
 Tashigang The world’s highest polling station, Tashigang, has a total of 47 voters. The staff and voters will be here in the traditional clothes of Spiti. Along with this, a model polling station has also been built in Rangrik.
 Nine polling stations will be webcast
 Central Election Commission will conduct live webcast of nine polling stations of Kaza subdivision.
 The polling stations are Losar, Khurik, Rangrik, Tabo, Kaza, Lidang, Dhankhar, Qiling and Hurling.