Mohali: Number of vulnerable polling stations go up from last elections

In the last elections in 2017, the number of vulnerable polling stations was 136, with a maximum of 50 from Dera Bassi. The district had only one critical polling station in the elections. General observers Mohammad Zubair Ali Hashmi, K Mahesh and Ajay Gupta, Police Observer Varun Kapoor and Expenditure Observer Janardhan Sanathan also chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the arrangements and preparedness for the elections. The observers directed the returning officers to ensure that adequate arrangements for divyangajans (differently abled) and senior citizens above the age of 80 years are made for casting their vote without any difficulty. They also reviewed the status of all sensitive polling stations, the statistics of Covid vaccination, and officers and staff on duty for elections.

The observers also reviewed the security of EVM machines and asked the ROs to ensure the facility of GPS system in the vehicles carrying the EVMs.