Summary:
“While 474 polling centres have been identified under sensitive category, 368 centres are under hyper sensitive category. Dehradun has 106 polling centres marked as sensitive and 68 as hyper sensitive, while 274 polling booths are under sensitive category and 213 booths under hyper sensitive category.Udham Singh Nagar has 93 polling centres as sensitive and 89 as hyper sensitive. Similarly 974 polling booths are under sensitive category and 895 under hyper sensitive category,” said the commissioner.Out of these, the maximum number of hyper sensitive and sensitive polling centres and booths are in Dehradun and Udham Singh Nagar districts, Bhatt said. The district also has 218 polling booths, which are marked as sensitive and 231 as hyper sensitive.Sharing information on polling staff deployment, Bhatt said, “We have a staff of four, including a woman, for each of the 2,664 polling booths. Besides, we have an additional 10 per cent of the total number as reserve staff..