Hans News Service Bapatla

TheState Election Commission has announced the schedule for elections to the posts of Mandal Parishad presidents and Zilla Parishad chairperson in the district, Bapatla District collector Dr V Vinod Kumar said.

Addressing a video conference with joint collector, Zilla Parishad CEO, Revenue Divisional Officers, municipal commissioners, tahsildars and MPDOs from the collector’s bungalow on Tuesday, he reviewed local body elections, Cyclones Arnab and Murasu, and MLC elections.

He said elections to the posts of MPPs and vice-presidents would be held on November 19. Similarly, elections to ZP chairperson and vice-chairperson posts would be held on November 20. He said one co-opted member would be elected in each Mandal Parishad and two in the ZP. The election of the MPP would be conducted first, followed by the vice-president.

He said the ZP chairperson would be elected first, followed by the vice-chairperson. He directed officials to make necessary police security arrangements. Reviewing cyclone damage, he directed officials of the agriculture, horticulture, drainage, P&R, and R&B departments to conduct a war-footing survey of crop losses and damage to property caused by Cyclones Arnab and Murasu.

Field-level staff were instructed to record damage to houses, property and crops accurately, along with photographs of damaged houses.

Details and bank account information of people staying in rehabilitation centres should be submitted immediately.

Regarding MLC elections for Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla and Palnadu districts, he directed RDOs and tahsildars to scrutinise applications received for inclusion in the eligible voters’ list and forward them to Guntur.

Bapatla, Chirala and Repalle RDOs Harikumar, Narasimha Rao and Sridevi, municipal commissioners and officials from Agriculture, Horticulture, Marketing, Drainage, P&R, R&B and Civil Supplies departments, along with tahsildars, MPDOs, village revenue officers and panchayat secretaries, participated in the video conference.