LUDHIANA: To ensure
free and fair elections
, the district administration is taking extra measures to closely monitor potential
troublemakers
in all the
assembly segments
of the district with the help of
hi-tech drones
from May 30 to till June 1 until the voting is completed.
An official statement said that Three
expenditure sensitive assembly segments
including Ludhiana South, Atam Nagar, and Gill fall under Ludhiana parliamentary constituency.
"Specially trained teams are using drones/UAVs to record footage of these areas.
These
drones
will oversee the voting process at polling stations, and the monitoring will be coordinated from an integrated command control centre at the district administrative complex by District administration" said the statement.
District Election Officer Sakshi Sawhney stated that it is the duty of the district administration to uphold peace, law, and order in Ludhiana. In addition to deploying a sufficient number of police and CAPF personnel to ensure smooth and peaceful voting, the drones will help prevent any anti-social elements from disrupting the process.
Sawhney also assured voters that tight security measures have been implemented to ensure fair and peaceful elections.
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