40,679 Police Personnel Deployed For MPTC, ZPTC Polls
DGP Harish Gupta said a comprehensive bandobust plan had been prepared covering 17,555 polling areas and 31,472 polling stations to ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections.
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Police have deployed 40,679 personnel and put in place elaborate security arrangements for elections to 582 ZPTC and 7,778 MPTC seats across 28 districts of the state.
DGP Harish Gupta said a comprehensive bandobust plan had been prepared covering 17,555 polling areas and 31,472 polling stations to ensure peaceful, free and transparent elections.
The deployment includes 38,348 police personnel of various ranks, 111 APSP platoons and 335 communications wing personnel to ensure effective coordination.
Cops have identified 1,841 highly sensitive and 2,645 sensitive polling stations, where additional security arrangements have been made.
A further 3,488 route mobiles, 931 striking force and special striking force teams, 412 check-posts and 847 SST teams have been deployed for continuous surveillance.
Another 1,381 personnel have been posted at 547 distribution centres.
A dedicated communication system has been established, with senior officers monitoring the situation from the police headquarters command control centre.
CCTV networks, videography, drones, body-worn cameras and the Samarth App are being used to monitor the polling process.
Security arrangements are also being made at 178 strong rooms where ballot boxes will be stored.
