263 officials on duty for panchayat poll in Pangi

Our Correspondent

Pangi (Chamba), September 20

As many as 63 presiding officers and 200 polling officers have been deployed on duty for the panchayat elections in Pangi subdivision of Chamba district. As many as 22 polling stations in four panchayats of Pangi have been declared as sensitive.

According to an official order issued here on Monday, the elections to all 19 gram panchayats and a panchayat samiti in the subdivision would be conducted in two phases.

The first phase of the elections would be held on September 29 in Sechu, Shun, Kumar, Sural, Rei, Shaur, Hudan, Luj, Kothi and Karyas panchayats. In the second phase, the elections would be held on October 1 in Sahli, Sach, Findru, Dharwas, Mindhal, Purthi, Kufa, Karel and Killar panchayats.

The counting of votes for the posts of the members of panchayats would be taken up immediately after the elections at the gram panchayat headquarters, while the counting of votes of the election for the members of the lone panchayat samiti would be held at Killar on October 4.

Meanwhile, 227 nominations were filled for the posts of panchayat ward member and 14 candidates of them were elected unopposed, the order said.