The polling of first phase of five blocks of Hazaribag district on 14 May. In the first phase of election
the polling will be in the Choparan Barhi, Barkatha, Chalkusa and Padma blocks of the district.
The five blocks have been divided into 184 sectors for peaceful and smooth polling in the five blocks.
Among the 1048 booths 305 booths are most sensitive and 549 are sensitive in all blocks. All the
polling parties have reached their destination for fearless and fair polling.
Hazaribag deputy commissioner Nancy Sahay said that all the polling parties with all equipment have
reached their concerned polling stations in fully safety arrangements.. The administration has
physically visited all the booths of the first phase.
She further said that the polling will start at 7 am and get over at 3 pm. We have tagged 8 to 9
booths with the 184 sectors. We have placed four persons along with the presiding officer in every
booth.
The control room in Barhi sub division headquarter will be active 24 hours. She said all four ballot
papers for four posts will be of different colour.
Superintendent of Police of Hazaribag Manoj Ratan Chothey said that we have not made available
para- military forces due to non- availability in the state. We have deputed the CRPF and Jaguvar
jawans in the naxal affected areas in all blocks. The district police have been deputed in every booth
of the five blocks. He said that we have lodged five cases of not following the code of conduct during
the election.