More than 5000 postal voting in DK: DC
Mangaluru, May 10: Deputy Commissioner Sasikumar Senthil said that postal ballot papers were sent to polling officers, police officers and other staff deputed for election duty and more than 5000 voters would cast their votes through postal ballots in the district.
Speaking in a joint press conference in the city on Thursday, the DC said that total 12,837 polling officers, 1295 police officers and staff, 43 persons vehicle drivers and cleaners were sent postal ballots. Already, they have received total 5900 postal ballots from them, he said.
Keeping vigil on social media campaign
The Election Commission is keeping vigil on the social media against posting comments against any candidates or political parties or campaigning on any person or parties. Steps have been taken to trace such persons who engage in such activities in social media and they could be jailed if the charges are proved, he warned.
13,176 polling officers appointed
Total 13,176 polling officers were appointed in eight assembly constituencies in the district. Along with them, total 648 vehicles were pressed into election duty to ferry polling officers and staff. The KSRTC will provide special bus service to 33 places where bus facility is not available. In order to ferry polling staff and EVMs to Sullia, Belthangadi and Puttur, total 160 buses were deputed, he said.
Polling agents who enter polling stations on the polling day could be changed before 3 pm. After 3 pm, no party should change their polling agents. All people who will come to polling booths would be allowed to exercise their votes till 6 pm. The district has total 17,11,848 voters including 8,70,675 women voters, he said.
The election commission has restricted to conduct survey from 7 am to 6.30 pm on the day of voting and conducting exit poll was also banned before 48 hours of the voting. Political parties and candidates should get the permission either from the district or state election committees for publishing the advertisements to be published on May 11 and 12, he said.
ZP CEO Dr MR Ravi, ADC Vaishaly, DCP Hanumantaraya and others were present at the press conference.
Action against those who disturb voting: Commissioner
In order to ensure smooth and fair election, the police department has taken all precautionary measures. The department would take action against those who indulge in any kind of anti-social activities to disturb polling, said Police Commissioner Vipul Kumar and SP Dr Ravikante Gowda.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases. Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
