Bhubaneswar: The Director General of Police has reassured the preparedness for a peaceful, successful, and free & fair electoral process in the last phase of polling in Odisha through a press conference on Friday.
The 7th Phase of the election at the national level and the 4th phase (last phase) for Odisha will be held tomorrow.
6 PCs and 42 ACs in 9 police districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack Rural, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Cuttack UPD (110 booths of Niali and Salipur AC) are going to Poll on 01.06.2024. None of the above districts are negatively affected. Many Assembly segments are sensitive from law & order point of view.
4 Assembly segments are communally sensitive. The intensity of political hostility having a bearing on the law and order situation in this last phase of the poll has increased. There are some incidents of pre-poll violence. Police response and police action have been prompt. The situation is not alarming.
● Number of Polling Stations – 10882
● Number of Polling Station Locations – 8752
● Around 21% of the booths are sensitive booths. Sensitivity is being reassessed regularly. Many more booths are considered sensitive because of emerging political hostility.
DEPLOYMENT
Total Manpower to be utilized during the election – 36000 which includes 126 Coys of CAPF, 86 platoons of Odisha Armed Police and 20500 civil police personnel.
Election-Related Deployment of Civil Police
⮚ -Addl SsP- 44
⮚ -DSsP- 99
⮚ -Inspectors- 210
⮚ -SI/ASI- 2583
⮚ -Havildar & Constables- 9476
⮚- Home Guards & GRs- 8083
⮚- 4 young IPS Officers of SDPO rank are mobilized for Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak and Balasore districts.
⮚ -12 young direct DSPs have been mobilised.
⮚ -Total 42 Assembly Supervising Officers in the rank of Addl. SP with striking force.
⮚ -84 DSsP will supervise the law and order (2 for each assembly segment) with striking force.
– 199 Sector Officers in the rank of Inspector with striking force. (Each assembly constituency is divided into around 5 Sectors)
⮚ -One to half section CAPF in all sensitive booths. 100% utilization of CAPF in booth duty. CAPF will be deployed in 2280 critical/ vulnerable booths.
⮚ -Number of Mobile Parties- 843
⮚ -Additional 130 mobiles by CAPF Company Commander/ Deputy Commandant to oversee their AoR.
⮚- Balasore and Mayurbhanj border Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur & Jhargram of WB and East Sighbhum, West Singhbhum and Sareikela-Kharsuan of Jharkhand respectively. Inter-State Border Check Posts in both Districts 21 with live streaming of CCTV. West Bengal & Jharkhand have similar mirror check
posts 19 on their side.
⮚ -Inter Districts Border Check Post- 60
⮚ -Flying Squad Team- 255
⮚ -Static Surveillance Team- 255
⮚ -EVM Strong Rooms at 13 locations have been established being guarded round the clock by CAPF and SAP in a 2-tiered Security System.
⮚ -For each Parliament Constituency, there is one Police observer of ECI.
Besides, there is a Special Police Observer for the State.
⮚ Worry List: The candidates and political parties have given a “worry list” of booths. CAPF will be deployed after assessing the sensitivity.
⮚ Communication Plan: Not much shadow area except Mayurbhanj district. In those shadow areas, VHF sets have been installed in the booths.
Election Related Cases
A total of 36 numbers of election-related cases have been registered in the districts going to poll on 01.06.2024. Actions have been taken against 49 accused persons.