The Returning Officer (RO) for Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC), Khalid Jahangir on Friday convened a meeting with all Assistant Returning Officers (ARO) and Nodal Officers of district Anantnag to review the preparedness for General Elections 2019 in the constituency.
According to an official spokesperson, the RO during themeeting reviewed the preparedness made with regard to web costing, videographyarrangements, establishment of women polling stations, Assured Minimum Facilities for pollingstations, transport plan, GPSarrangements, establishment of model polling stations, control room and AC-wisedistribution/collection centres of district Anantnag.
The RO was informed that assured minimum facilities (AMF)for polling stations with regard to power supply, furniture, water supply andother required facilities are being put in place. The ramp facilities have alsobeen ensured at the polling stations. The meeting was also informed thatwebcasting will be made at 28 polling locations in the district Anantnag forwhich 15 modem are being purchased in consultation with the purchasingcommittee.
The Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) and DepotManager State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) informed the meeting that 690buses will be made available by SRTC and 282 Tata Sumo, 14 Trucks for carryingfor polling staff, Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and other logistics will bemade available during the elections.