District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Jamuar held a review meeting with the officials regarding the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections, in the auditorium of the Collectorate on Monday. 

 In the, meeting all the nodal officers of the compulsory service were discussed on the subject of postal ballot and information was taken about the voters voting through postal ballot and preparations related to voting through postal ballot.

 The District Election Officer said in the meeting that voting through postal ballot has to be ensured by fully complying with the instructions issued by the Election Commission of India. In the meeting, instructions were given to not keep the EPIC card received at the post office level pending and to distribute 100% voter identity cards at the address of the concerned voter card holders. In the meeting, instructions were given to operate the Media Certification and Monitoring Cell effectively.  Instructions were also given for the location of the control room to be operated on the day of polling and deputation of personnel. Web casting was also discussed in the meeting. Under AMF, the concerned sub-divisional officer was asked to ensure the review of other arrangements including drinking water, electricity at the polling stations at his level.

Deputy Development Commissioner Pashupatinath Mishra, Additional Collector Matiyash Vijay Toppo, Sub-Divisional Officer Garhwa Vijay Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer Shri Banshidhar Nagar Prabhakar Mirdha, Civil Surgeon Garhwa Dr Ashok Kumar, Deputy Election Officer Sushil Kumar Rai, District Public Relations Officer Sanjeev Kumar Singh and othersy were present in the meeting.