Mangaluru: Police resorts to strict measures to regulate night curfew; traffic movement blocked
Mangaluru: Local Police on Saturday night took strong measures along with a no-nonsense attitude while regulating the COVID night curfew in the city limits.
At least 45 check posts were set up across the city with more than 70 percent of the department’s personnel being deployed on them.
15 minutes into the scheduled beginning of the night curfew (i.e. 10:00 pm) the police teams blocked the roads not allowing traffic to move further. Vehicles were seen stuck in the middle of the road while the commuters wondered when the deadlock will end.
The traffic movement was then released after about an hour at 11:20 pm with warnings to the commuters.
Food delivery agents were also seen expressing displeasure over the delay and tried to negotiate with the cops citing their reasons but to no avail.
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EC will leave no stone unturned to hold free, fair elections in West Bengal: CEC Kumar
New Delhi (PTI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday asserted that the Election Commission will leave no stone unturned in holding free, fair and transparent polls in West Bengal where the first phase of voting is scheduled to be held on April 23.
Interacting with officials involved in poll management, the CEC said the elections will be fear-free, violence-free and intimidation-free.
Officials said the poll authority will ensure elections are also inducement-free and "booth jamming free".
No employee of the state government, local bodies or autonomous bodies will be allowed to influence the electoral process, they said.
The ruling TMC in the state has accused the EC of playing in the hands of the BJP, a charge vehemently rejected by the election watchdog.
The EC and the TMC have also been at loggerheads over the special intensive revision of voters' list with the party accusing the poll authority of deliberately disenfranchising voters to benefit the BJP. Both the EC and the BJP have rejected the charge while dubbing it as baseless.
The second phase of voting in West Bengal will be held on April 29 and votes will be counted on May 4.
