PATNA: Bihar election officals who efficiently performed the nation’s first stand-alone meeting elections throughout the COVID-19 pandemic interval will probably be sharing ideas with their counterparts in 5 poll-bound states
The states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, TN and Pudducherry are scheduled to go to polls this yr and it’s learnt that Bihar officers together with state chief election officer HR Srinivas have began sharing their expertise and likewise ideas by video conferencing.
The officers will share particulars on efforts taken like an app developed for the Bihar polls. They can even share the technique used for booth-managements, drive deployments, adherence to security protocols and distribution of security kits among the many ballot personnel.
Election officers additionally shared about correct importing of particulars of felony data of candidates coming into the fray.
Since Bihar was the primary state to introduce poll papers for voters with bodily incapacity and people abouve 80-years of age, officers have additionally shared the technique behind it.
Not too long ago, Bihar CEO HR Srinivas had visited Tamil Nadu and Pudduchery and shared the ideas with elections officers within the states.
Officers of different departments concerned within the election course of have additionally shared technique particulars over video convention
“No matter we now have learnt, the ideas and data having performed secure elections within the Covid occasions in Bihar are shared with officers of different ballot sure states by correct channels”, mentioned Bihar CEO HR Srinivas.
He mentioned that it was certainly a troublesome process to conduct polls in Bihar after the COVID-19 outbreak but it surely was accomplished efficiently due to group effort of officers and all departments below the continual steerage of chief Election officer of India together with his group of specialists.
Principal well being secretary Pratyay Amrit mentioned {that a} request for an in depth presentation on steps taken in adherence to the COVID-19 security and preparations has
been acquired from poll-bound Assam authorities not too long ago. “A group of well being officers will quickly go to Assam and if wanted different poll-bound states additionally”, he mentioned.
In accordance with official sources, Bihar had made preparations for 7.3 crore of voters and procured 18 lakhs face shields, 70 lakhs face masks, 5.4 lakhs single-use hand gloves for personnel concerned in election obligation.
Practically 10 lakhs of ASHA staff and Jeevika didis related to SHGs have been skilled and mobilised for packaging security kits at Gaya, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Purnia and the kits have been dispatched well timed. For ballot waste assortment, assortment baskets have been put up in every sales space and truck have been organized for transport and dumping of the waste.