10 counting centres set up in Hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, February 16

District is all set for counting of votes on Wednesday for 92 wards of seven nagar councils, two nagar panchayats and 50 wards of municipal corporation, Hoshiarpur.

For municipal corporation Hoshiarpur, the counting of votes for 50 wards start at 9:00 am at JR Polytechnic College, Hoshiarpur. For seven municipal councils the counting will be happen at different centres setup across the district. For Dasuya’s 15 wards, counting will be held at Guru Teg Bahadur Senior Secondary School, Dasuya. For Tanda’s 15 wards, counting will take place at Government Senior Secondary School (boys) and the counting for municipal council Mukerian’s 15 wards at SPN College, Mukerian. For Gardhiwala’s 11 Wards, Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Garhdiwal, has been fixed as the counting place. For 13 wards of Garhshankar counting BAM Khalsa College is the choice. For Hariana municipal council’s 11 wards counting will be held at GGDSD College Hariana and for nine wards of Sham Chaurasi Guru Nanak College for Women has been opted for counting.

For by-elections of nagar panchayat Mahilpur’s two wards, counting will be held at Sardar Baldev Singh Senior Secondary School (boys) and for one ward of Talwara’s, counting will be held at Shah Canal Head Works.

With requisite administrative and security arrangements everything is set for smooth process of counting of votes at 10 different locations across district for total of 142 wards, where as many as 600 candidates of different parties and Independents are vying.

Speaking on security, DC-cum-District Election Officer Apneet Riyait said more than 200 officials of district administration had been deputed to ensure everything goes fluidly. Meanwhile, SSP Nanjot Singh Mahal said more than 800 police personnel along with officers had been deployed to ensure there is law and order in the district. “A team of police personnel under an inspector rank officer had been deployed at every counting location, being supervised by the DSP rank officers,” he said.