Directs civil and police sector officers to work in close coordination and prepare vulnerability reports as per Election Commission guidelines
Kapurthala, November 3: In view of the upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2027 and in compliance with the directions of the Election Commission of India, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Akash Bansal and Senior Superintendent of Police Gaurav Toora on Tuesday held a virtual meeting to review preparations for the vulnerability report.
During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Akash Bansal issued necessary directions to the concerned officials, stressing strict compliance with the prescribed parameters and guidelines issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. He directed all civil and police sector officers to work in close coordination and prepare vulnerability reports of their areas after completing field visits and identifying vulnerable polling booths. He told the officials to give top priority to the preparation of vulnerability mapping.
The Deputy Commissioner further directed all SDMs-cum-EROs to consolidate the reports pertaining to their respective subdivisions and submit the final reports to the Deputy Commissioner’s office. He emphasised that the exercise must be completed in a timely manner to ensure that all necessary preventive and administrative arrangements were put in place well in advance for the smooth, peaceful, free and fair conduct of the forthcoming Assembly Elections.
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included Additional Deputy Commissioner Shikha Bhagat, all Sub-Divisional Magistrates-cum-Electoral Registration Officers, all DSPs and all civil and police sector officers of the district.
