Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Tuesday released the BBMP-VTrack app — GPS-based real-time tracking system — that will track vehicles on election duty.

“The application can help Returning Officers and monitoring teams track vehicles used by the flying squad, expenditure officer, video surveillance team, static surveillance team, and sectoral officers by constituency. The idea is to reduce the response time if there is a complaint. The app gives details of the drivers, vehicle number and their contact number. An immediate SMS can be sent to the driver through the app,” said BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad.

More than 650 vehicles on election duty have already been tracked through the app, he said. Additional details such as message log and history of route taken by a driver can be seen on the app.

Earlier in the month, the BBMP developed three other election-related apps — Election Quiz, Model Code of Conduct Reporting, and Election Officers Directory — which hardly saw users.

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Davangere: Reports state that two groups engaged in stone pelting at each other during Ganesha idol immersion ceremony in Davangere on Thursday. Two police personnel were injured in the incident.

Few days ago, two groups of youth engaged in verbal altercation regarding raising of a flag for Eid Milad celebration. On account of the clashes, police had heightened security for the Ganesha procession. Despite the additional security, stones were pelted at the procession, sources stated. Inspector Gururaj and constable Raghavendra were injured in the incident. The procession continued after the police brought the situation to control. However, the stone pelting resumed once again as the procession surged forwards.

Security has been tightened up in the area and all shops have been closed down by the police. The two police personnel, who were injured in the stone pelting, are undergoing treatment at a hospital.