All-party meeting on Tuesday: polling centres ready for election

By Ram Mani Dahal, Makawanpur, March 3: Election staff and materials have reached every polling centre in Makawanpur district for the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5 .

The district includes 10 local levels and two House of Representatives constituencies.

 167 polling centres,  comprising 62 in constituency 1 and 105 in constituency 2, and 374 polling stations, have been fixed.

Provincial Election Officer at the Provincial Election Office, Bagmati Province, Hetauda, Hari Prasad Dhakal,  said that temporary polling centres have been designated at the District Administration Office, Makawanpur, and at Bhimphedi Prison.

According to Dhakal, polling officers and other election staff assigned to the vote have already reached their respective polling centres and have begun the required preparations.

“Preparations began on Monday by posting notices and organising the necessary arrangements at the polling centres,” he said.

“He added, ‘’ Parties will hold an all-party meeting today and arrange fencing and other structures required at the polling stations.”

They will complete the remaining preparations and arrange fencing and other structures required at the polling stations.”

In addition, he said, “The schedule sets the all-party meeting for Tuesday and the construction of polling centres for March 4. Voting will take place on March 5.”

At the Jalpa Devi Secondary School polling centre in Dumrekuna, of Makawanpurgadhi Rural Municipality-6 in Constituency-2, Polling Officer Basant Raj Gautam stated officials carried out notice-posting and other preparations on Tuesday.

Security personnel, polling officers, assistant polling officers and other staff have reached their assigned polling centres with ballot boxes, ballot papers, and swastika stamps with other required materials.

  Ballot papers were sent to some areas near the municipality on Tuesday.

Polling centres have been classified as highly sensitive, sensitive and normal and have arranged security measures on that basis.

Security forces have been deployed to all polling centres.

 The District Security Committee stated they have decided to conduct the election in a peaceful and fear-free environment.

A total of 2,244 personnel will be deployed in the election.