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A high-level delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) undertook a reappraisal of the advancement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workout and the wide preparedness of the electoral machinery for the upcoming Assembly polls.
The team, led by Manish Garg, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, comprised Bhanu Prakash Yeturu and Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Election Commissioners, Ashish Goyal, Seema Khanna, Director Generals, and Shubhra Saxena, Director, ECI.
On a reappraisal of the presumption of the electoral roll, it was noted that the SIR – 2026 has been successfully completed, and continuous updation is being undertaken to guarantee accuracy, inclusiveness, and transparency successful the electoral roll, a property enactment from P. Jawahar, Chief Electoral Officer said.
The District Election Officers of Puducherry and Karaikal presented broad district-level preparedness plans, covering infrastructure-readiness of polling stations, recognition and management of Critical and Vulnerable Polling Stations based connected vulnerability mapping, Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF), accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), manpower deployment, proscription logistics, and information arrangements to guarantee free, fair, and peaceful polling.
The Senior Superintendents of Police presented elaborate law-and-order preparedness, force deployment strategies, vulnerability mapping outcomes, and information connected seizures of cash, freebies, and narcotics during erstwhile elections, on with proactive measures planned for GEPLA-2026.
Special accent was placed connected preventing the inflow of unaccounted cash, organisation of freebies, drugs, and different amerciable inducements.
Nodal Officers of a plethora of State enforcement agencies including Police, Excise, Commercial Tax, Forest, and Transport Departments, and Central units specified arsenic the Enforcement Directorate, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Narcotics Control Bureau, Railway Protection Force, Coast Guard, Financial Intelligence Unit of India, Civil Aviation Security, and Central Industrial Security Force presented their coordinated enactment plans to combat illicit activities during the predetermination period.
Strict surveillance mechanisms are being strengthened astatine inter-state and inter-district borders to monitor question of cash, valuables, liquor, and different materials intended to power voters.
Particular attraction is being fixed to preventing unauthorized outflow and amerciable organisation of liquor done intensified inspections, check-post monitoring, and associated enforcement drives.
The functioning and deployment of Flying Squads (FST), Static Surveillance Teams (SST), Video Surveillance Teams (VST), and Video Viewing Teams (VVT) were reviewed successful detail.
These teams volition run round-the-clock to show expenditure violations and guarantee strict enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.
Technology-driven monitoring measures including CCTV coverage, webcasting astatine polling stations, effective utilisation of the cVIGIL app, and constitution of an Integrated Command Centre for enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct were also discussed. Officials were directed to ensure swift redressal of complaints and strict adherence to the ECI guidelines.
The Chief Electoral Officer presented the wide State illustration and preparedness plan, highlighting progress successful electoral rotation revision, manpower and logistics arrangements, grooming of election functionaries, EVM/VVPAT management, beardown country security, counting arrangements, and initiatives aimed astatine conducting accessible and inclusive elections.
New initiatives specified arsenic ‘Sustainable Election – Count the Carbon 2.0’ and ‘Meiporul 2.0’ for combating misinformation and disinformation were besides deliberated upon.
The reappraisal gathering was attended by District Election Officers of Puducherry and Karaikal, the State Police Nodal Officer, Senior Superintendents of Police of Puducherry and Karaikal, Deputy Chief Electoral Officers, and Nodal Officers from assorted State and Central Enforcement Agencies monitoring predetermination expenditure and instrumentality enforcement measures.
