Nawanshahr - Necessary arrangements should be made at polling booths to avoid heat wave. District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa issued these instructions during a conversation with officials of various departments at the District Administrative Complex. He said that according to the schedule issued by the Election Commission of India regarding the Lok Sabha elections, a total of 4 lakh 95 thousand 183 voters of the district will use their vote on June 1. 
Among them there are 2 lakh 56 thousand 435 male voters and 2 lakh 38 thousand 729 female voters and 19 voters of third gender. Apart from this, there are 14 thousand 002 voters aged 18 to 19 years, 5132 PWD voters and 4561 above 85 years of age, 256 NRI voters and 1298 service voters. He said that 615 polling booths have been constructed in the district, there are 201 polling booths in Banga constituency, 217 polling booths in Nawanshahr and 197 polling booths in Balachore. Apart from this, 170 polling booths have been declared sensitive and 3 pink, 1 PWD and 30 model polling booths are being constructed.
The District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner said that this time a target of more than 70 percent voting has been set. For this, through sweep activities, voters are being made aware to use their vote as much as possible. He said that where 1950 number has been issued for registering any kind of complaint regarding the elections in the district, C Vigil App and ESMS Digital App have also been issued.
He said that all the teams formed at the district level such as ideal electoral management, election expenditure monitoring, cash transactions, paid news monitoring MCMC and grievance redressal committees are continuously doing their work. During this time, they asked about installing tents at polling booths, preparing voting areas for disabled and patients, appointing ARO level and nodal officers regarding polling booths and heat wave management, forming a team for prevention of heat-related diseases, informing the voters. Guidelines were also issued to the officials of various departments regarding giving rose syrup, making announcements on the voting day and encouraging the voters to vote.
He said that all security related arrangements are being made in the district under the supervision of SSP Sahib. He said that cameras have been installed on all the roads coming into the district and everyone's movements are being monitored. He urged the residents of the district to play an active role in the Lok Sabha elections and said that it is the biggest festival of democracy and they should participate in it with full enthusiasm.