Punjab Assembly elections: Poll duty staff to get vaccine on priority

Mohali, June 26

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The district administration has decided to vaccinate the employees, who will be put on poll duty in the Punjab Assembly elections to be held next year, on a priority basis.

Disclosing this, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said heads of all departments had been issued directions in this regard. Keeping in view the preparations for the Assembly elections, work related to continuous revision of voters’ list was underway. Work of special summary revision was also about to begin soon.

He said BLOs, supervisors, booth-level officers, data entry personnel, master trainers, electoral literacy club (ELC) in-charge, coordinators for specially abled voters, women voters and migrant workers were working in this regard.

Dayalan said apart from this, the district electoral officer and electoral registration officers also employ a large number of staff in connection with the electoral work from time to time.

The Deputy Commissioner said employees who had been put on duty for preparations related to the Assembly elections and the employees to be deputed as polling staff would be vaccinated against the Covid-19 on a priority basis. — TNS