Tight Security for Urban Local Body Elections.. Anil Chandra Punetha Makes Key Announcement

Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said that elaborate arrangements had been made to ensure peaceful polling in the urban local body elections across the state. He said maintaining law and order in every district was a top priority and that additional security had been deployed in sensitive areas. Addressing the media ahead of Sunday's polling, Punetha said voting would be held across 13 municipal corporations and 87 municipalities. He added that measures were being taken to ensure every voter could exercise their franchise in a peaceful environment.

Punetha said 118 corporators in various municipal corporations and 756 councillors in municipalities had already been elected unanimously. A total of 13,504 presiding officers had been appointed to oversee the polling process. He also said additional police forces had been deployed in areas where violent incidents were reported during the nomination process. The State Election Commission was taking all necessary steps to ensure that polling was conducted smoothly, peacefully and transparently, he added.