Bengaluru: Bangalore City Police Commissioner Raghvendra H. Auradhkar has banned processions and public meetings in the city from 10.00 am to 12.00 midnight on Friday when the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections, held on April 17, will be in progress. However, religious and funeral processions will be exempted according to the directive.
The sale of liquor, wine, arrack or any other intoxicant in any wholesale or retail outlet has also been banned. The City Police have ensured tight security at the three counting centres in the city, at R C College, Basaveshwara Circle, Palace Road (for Bangalore Central); SSMRV College, Jayanagar 4th ‘T’ Block (Bangalore South) and Smt VHD Home Science College, Palace Road (Bangalore North).
Around 10,000 policemen and central security forces will be deployed at the centres and other sensitive areas. The Bangalore city traffic police have imposed parking restrictions in and around the counting centres between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday. The movement of people around counting centres will be monitored by CCTVs.
Parking has been banned on Raj Bhavan Road between Police Thimmaiah Circle and Basaveshwara Circle; on Palace Road between Old High Grounds police station junction and Maharani Circle; on Millers Road between LRDE junction and Basaveshwara Circle; on Devaraj Urs Road between Basaveshwara Circle and AG’s junction; on Race Course Road between Trilight Circle and Basaveshwara Circle.
The public can park their vehicles in Freedom Park. Officials on election counting duty can park their vehicles between Khanija Bhavan and Maurya junction on Race Course Road. Parking restrictions have been imposed in and around SSMRV College in Jayanagar. Officials on duty, candidates and their agents can park their vehicles in the playground in front of the college.
The public can park their vehicles on 22nd, 23rd and 26th Main Roads as well as on 36th, 37th and 39th cross roads in Jayanagar 4th T Block. Around 13,000 polling officials will count the votes across Karnataka for the state's 28 Lok Sabha seats.
