Kasaragod District’s Five Constituencies Sees Good Turnout of Voters
Kasaragod: Kerala assembly election voting is underway and the district’s five constituencies have already seen a good turnout of voters within the first few hours.
Voters were seen queuing outside the voting booths in long lines since morning. The district’s 1691 voting booths have 10.59 lakh voters. From the five Vidhana Sabha constituencies, there are 38 candidates in fray.
District-wide, the voting procedure is happening peacefully. The candidates reached the voting booths in the morning and finished casting their votes. The officials informed that by 9.15 am, the district had received 14.23% of the voter’s turnout.
The CPI candidate from Kanhangad, E Chandrashekharan visited the 33rd polling booth at the Koliyadaka Government UP School in the morning and cast his vote. Kasaragod UDF candidate N. A. Nellikunnu visited the Nellikunje Government Higher Secondary School’s polling station and cast his vote. Kasaragod BJP candidate K. Srikanth visited the 105th polling station at the Bekal Government Fisheries High School and cast his vote. LDF Candidate M. A Latheef Pallikere visited the polling booth at the Kallingaal Government Maapilla U.P School and cast his vote.
In the morning, Uduma’s LDF Candidate C. H Kunhaabu Ananguru cast his vote at the 156th polling booth in GLP School. Manjeshwar UDF Candidate A.K. M. Ashraf voted at the polling station in the Kadambar School.
District's 738 polling stations have been enabled with Live Web Casting facilities, and a control room has been set up in the Kasaragod Civil Station Panchayat’s Deputy Director’s office. These polling stations are being monitored by the District Collector, Election Observers, and District Superintendent of Police. The officials have informed that these steps have been undertaken to prevent fake voting, multiple voting violations, and any unpleasant incidents in the voting booth.
By 9.45 am, Kasaragod District saw a 15.20% voter turnout. Officials informed that Manjeshwara recorded 15.47%, Kasaragod 13.67%, Uduma 15.07%, Kanhangad 15.97%, and Trikaripur recorded 15.74% voter’s turnout respectively.
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Govt to set up Bureau of Port Security to boost port, vessel security
New Delhi (PTI): To beef up the security infrastructure of ports, the government will set up a statutory body -- the Bureau of Port Security -- that will ensure timely analysis, collection and exchange of security-related information of ports and vessels, officials said on Friday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday convened a meeting for the constitution of the dedicated body, the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS), which was attended by the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, and the Minister of Civil Aviation, Ram Mohan Naidu, an official statement said.
Emphasising that there is a need to establish a country-wide robust port security framework, Shah directed that security measures should be implemented in a graded and risk-based manner, taking into account vulnerabilities, trade potential, location, and other relevant parameters.
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The meeting also noted that lessons learned from the maritime security framework shall be replicated in the aviation security domain, the statement said.
The new body, modelled on the lines of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), will be constituted as a statutory body under the new Merchant Shipping Act, 2025, and will work under the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), it said.
Headed by a senior IPS officer as its director general, the BoPS will be responsible for regulatory and oversight functions relating to the security of ships and port facilities.
"During the transition period of one year, the director general of shipping shall function as the director general of BoPS," the statement said.
"The BoPS will ensure timely analysis, collection and exchange of security-related information, with a special focus on cybersecurity, including a dedicated division to safeguard port IT infrastructure from digital threats," it said.
The government has designated the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) as a recognised security organisation (RSO), responsible for undertaking security assessments and preparation of security plans for port facilities.
The Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) will train and build the capacities of private security agencies (PSAs) engaged in port security.
"These agencies shall be certified and appropriate regulatory measures shall be introduced to ensure that only the licensed PSAs operate in this sector," the statement said.
