Sankhuwasabha Intensifies Monitoring of Polling Stations Ahead of Elections

Sankhuwasabha. Monitoring of polling stations and centers for the upcoming House of Representatives election in Sankhuwasabha has been intensified. In this regard, Chief District Officer Sirjana Thapaliya along with the Chief Election Officer and other officials of the District Security Committee have continued to monitor the polling stations and centers.

During this process, the team gathered information on various aspects including the physical condition of the polling centers, security challenges, ballot box management, and voter security. As the election date approaches, electoral enthusiasm and activity are increasing in the villages. People who were living outside the village for various reasons have started returning home. Candidates have been reaching out to voters' doorsteps with their electoral 'agenda'.

Under these circumstances, the District Security Committee is analyzing risks by monitoring every polling center and station. Chief District Officer Thapaliya informed that the monitoring of polling stations and centers under eight out of the ten local levels in the district has been completed.

She stated that the monitoring of most polling stations and centers, except those in Madi and Dharmadevi municipalities, has been finished. Coordination has also been made for the management of basic necessities such as geographical remoteness, inconvenience of transportation, communication, drinking water, and electricity. Chief District Officer Thapaliya said, "We are working with high priority to make the election independent, impartial, and fearless."

The district has 109 polling stations and 164 polling centers. In the district, there are eight highly sensitive, 82 sensitive, and 19 normal polling stations. Polling stations and centers have been categorized as sensitive and normal based on geographical remoteness, distance from security agency access, and inconvenience of transport and communication observed in previous elections. Security strategies have been formulated by considering highly sensitive, sensitive, and normal polling stations.

The integrated plan of the three security agencies in the district has been implemented for the security of the polling stations and centers established according to the Integrated District Security 2082.

The monitoring of polling stations was attended by Chief District Officer Thapaliya, Chief Election Officer and District Judge Rajkumar Koirala, Code of Conduct Monitoring Officer Chiranjibi Adhikari, Deputy Superintendent of Police Kumar Prasad Mainali, Armed Police Deputy Superintendent Baburam Paudel, Army Captain Babukaji Basnet from Indra Dal Battalion, and Chief of National Investigation Ramachal Sah, among others.

In this district, which has a single constituency, there are 119,630 voters, including 62,172 males and 57,458 females. Sixteen candidates, including three women, are in the electoral race for the election in the district. Fifteen parties and one independent candidate are contesting in the district.