Port Blair, Mar. 4: In view of the upcoming General Election to Lok Sabha 2024, the Chief Electoral Officer, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri B S Jaglan, IAS, today called a meeting in his chamber with Returning Officers, State Police Nodal Officer, Member Secretary (SOVTECH), Nodal Officer (Department of Telecommunication), Nodal Officer (Communication), Director of Telecommunication (BSNL), Chief General Manager (BSNL), Managers of Airtel Telecom Service, Jio Telecom Service, Vodafone Telecom Service, Officers of Department of Telecommunication, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and SOVTECH regarding network coverage at Polling Stations during poll day.

As per the Election Commission of India instructions regarding arrangements for webcasting shall be done in all Critical Polling Stations and Polling Stations in vulnerable areas to provide immediate support for ensuring free and fair election and as a confidence building measures to voters.

The CEO directed all network providers to ensure the network coverage at all Polling Stations in Andaman & Nicobar Islands Parliamentary Constituency. CEO also directed to concerned Department to prepare a plan for poll day webcasting in vulnerable & critical Polling Stations as per the ECI guidelines.

The meeting was attended by State Police Nodal Officer, Ms. Monika Bhardwaj, Additional District Magistrate, Ms. Nandini Maharaj, Superintendent of Police, Communication, Shri Manjeet Sheron, Director, IP&T, Shri Jatinder Sohal, SDE(BSNL), Shri Vikram Ganapathy, SDE, GSM(BSNL), Shri E. Anil Kumar, Project Manager, SOVTECH, Shri Mohan Babu, Executive Officer (SOVTECH) Shri B. Niyogi, Manager, Airtel, Shri Abhijit Sarkar, Asst. Manager(FTTH), Airtel, Shri Dipak Kumar Sarkar, Nodal Officer, Vodafone, Shri Shyam Kumar Ram, Telecom Engineer, JIO Shri M. Suresh Kumar.