Barisal district election office yesterday distributed election equipment to the polling booths amid special security.
Election equipment such as ballot papers, ballot boxes, and stationary items were sent to 1614 polling booths at 291 centres in the district.
Md Dulal Talukdar, district election officer, said election tools were sent to 569 polling booths in 100 vote centres under Barisal-2 (Ujirpur-Banaripara upazila) constituency, 491 polling booths in 87 vote centres under Barisal-3 ( Babuganj-Muladi upazila) constituency, 554 polling booths in 104 vote centres under Barisal-4 (Mehendiganj upazila) constituency .
The three remaining constituencies – Barisal-1(Gournadi-Agoiljhara), Barisal-5(City Corporation and Sadar upazila) and Barisal-6(Bakerganj upazila) are not being contested.
A meeting of returning officers was held yesterday in the conference room of the deputy commissioner of the district. The meeting discussed steps to be taken with regard to maintaining law and order during the upcoming elections.
Deputy Commissioner Shohidul Alam presided over the meeting attended by returning officers and high officials of the election commission, police, Rab, military, coast guard and Ansar.
In the meeting, it was decided to deploy sufficient forces, mobile teams and administrative magistrates in the election areas to conduct the polls peacefully.
In Rajshahi, the equipment were distributed from the office of returning officer and Deputy Commissioner with escort of joint forces.
Saiful Islam, district election officer, said the accessories were supplied for election in Rajshahi-3
(Paba-Mohanpur) and Rajshahi-6 (Charghat-Bagha) constituencies.
Meanwhile, a meeting of special law-order committee relating to the forthcoming 10th parliamentary election was held at the conference hall of deputy commissioner in order to make the election free and fair.
The meeting passed a decision of ensuring security to the voters, polling centres and other officials concerned in the election.
In the meeting, officials of Bangladesh Army, RAB, Police and Ansar-VDP stressed the need for close and proper coordination among administrative officials, public representatives and law enforcers for overall security of the polling centers in the election. They also put emphasis on requisite special security to the hard-to-reach and vulnerable polling centres.
The meeting was told that law and order has been improved in the district in the wake of joint forces operation.
As a whole, the meeting underlined the need for successful holding of the 10th parliamentary election for upholding the constitutional obligation.