Zonal officers to carry out vulnerability mapping of polling booths in Coimbatore ahead of 2026 Assembly polls

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Coimbatore Collector and District Election Officer Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar speaking to zonal officers connected  EVM operations astatine  a grooming  programme connected  Saturday.

Coimbatore Collector and District Election Officer Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar speaking to zonal officers connected EVM operations astatine a grooming programme connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: S. SIVA SARAVANAN

District Collector and District Election Officer Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar has instructed zonal officers to transportation retired vulnerability mapping of 3,563 polling booths crossed the territory arsenic portion of preparations for the Assembly elections.

The acquisition was issued during a grooming programme for zonal officers held successful the metropolis connected Saturday. During the programme, officers were fixed hands-on grooming connected physics voting machines (EVMs) and were tasked with identifying susceptible polling stations, assessing instrumentality and order-related sensitivities, and flagging booths requiring further information arrangements.

Zonal officers were besides instructed to measure the availability of assured minimum facilities, enhanced minimum facilities, and roadworthy connectivity to polling stations, and to study immoderate gaps to the territory administration.

The Collector asked the officers to taxable their vulnerability mapping and installation appraisal reports by February 11.

Each zonal serviceman was assigned a minimum of 10 polling booths and a maximum of 12 booths. Master trainers were besides progressive successful the grooming sessions.

A full of 366 zonal officers, Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) for each 10 Assembly constituencies successful the territory participated successful the programme. Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran and elder officials were besides present.

Published - February 07, 2026 07:52 p.m. IST

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