# Bengal

Strong room, vote counting centre security scaled up at Serampore, Hooghly constituency

In order to check the security measures taken towards the strong room and vote counting centre in Serampore and Hooghly LS constituency, the state election department additional CEO Vinod Kumar visited the district today.

SNS | Hooghly | May 30, 2024 7:48 am

Strong room, vote counting centre security scaled up at Serampore, Hooghly constituency

In order to check the security measures taken towards the strong room and vote counting centre in Serampore and Hooghly LS constituency, the state election department additional CEO Vinod Kumar visited the district today. He was accompanied by district magistrate Mukta Arya and Chandannagar police commissioner Amit P Javalgi. After the assessment of the existing security, certain measures were taken to further tighten the security at the strong room and vote counting centre.

Promulgation of 144 CrPC for 100 metres from the periphery to prevent assembly of people and parking of vehicles till the date of counting, CAPF patrol in the vicinity of the premises, especially in the evening and night, additional CCTV cameras and view cutters installation, additional points of deployment of SAP to secure the perimeter guard all the time from all sides, were suggested.

# Bengal

Casual civic workers suspend essential services, cause distress to Hooghly residents

More than 2,000 temporary workers of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality, who had been demanding their wages for the last three months, have stopped rendering essential civic services from yesterday, causing misery to the residents of the joint civic area.

# Bengal

Hooghly school decides on organic farming for mid-day meal vegetables

A school in Arambag has decided on organic farming to provide insecticides and pesticides-free organic vegetables in mid-day meals.

# India

One Nation, One Election bills introduced in LS, sent to JPC for discussions

Amid Opposition uproar, the Union government on Tuesday introduced two bills related to “one nation, one election” in the Lok Sabha after a division of votes and they were sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussions.