Polling will be held in peaceful method, says in-charge Collector

A.S. Dinesh Kumar, Joint Collector, Revenue, an IAS Officer belonging to 2012 batch, took full further cost as Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur, on Wednesday.

Soon after taking cost, Mr. Kumar reviewed the electoral preparedness with Joint Collector-2 and income officers.

Later, Mr. Kumar instructed mediapersons that native physique elections would be held in 4 phases in 4 income divisions of Guntur, Tenali, Gurazala and Narsaraopet divisions.

In the primary section, elections would be held for Tenali income division for which notification would be issued on January 27. Nominations would be accepted from January 29 and polling would be held on February 9 and outcomes would be declared the identical day.

Notifications for second section would be given on January 31 and nominations would be accepted from February 2 and polling would be held on February 12.

In the third section for elections in Gurazala division, notification would be issued on February 4 and nominations would be accepted from February 6 and polling would be held on February 17.

In Guntur division, notification would be issued on February 8 and nominations would be accepted from February 8 and polling would be held on February 21.

In Tenali division, polling would be held for 18 mandals, 337 gram panchayats and three,342 wards. In Narsaraopet division, polling would be held on 11 mandals, 237 gram panchayats, 2,364 wards. In Gurazala division, polling would be held for 9 mandals, 134 gram panchayats, and a pair of,364 wards. In Guntur division, polling would be held for 16 mandals, 266 gram panchayats and a pair of,810 wards.

The polling would be held primarily based on electoral rolls on March 2019 and all measures would be taken in view of COVID-19.

Any one wishing to complain over any irregularities can complain to name centre on 0863-2218089, 0863-2222570. Training on polling had been given to all income and police workers, he added.