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Major Obstacles before Police Dept. in Conducting Elections Peacefully 1)Destructive activities by Naxals 2)Dispersed population in Dense forested hilly
Major Obstacles before Police Dept. in Conducting Elections
Peacefully 1)Destructive activities by Naxals 2)Dispersed
population in Dense forested hilly terrain. 3)Poor connectivity
(Transport as well as communication) 4)Remote location of booths in
Naxal strongholds. 5)Security to Polling parties as well as voters.
6)Naxal threat against voting and boycott of Elections.
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Measures taken by Gadchiroli Police to conduct Elections
Peacefully Comprehensive and Exhaustive planning of security
Management Creation of temporary base camps for security. Awareness
creation among the voters. Exhaustive planning for accommodation of
outside forces Facilitate Surrendered Naxals for voting Use of
Choppers for safe induction and De-induction of polling
parties
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Motivating Female voters. High-Tech anti-naxal Ops Use of
available communication equipments for Polling parties Road-opening
exercises for Security of EVMs and Polling parties Induction of
training - 3 levels VIP security. Inter-state co-ordination.
Measures : contd
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Comprehensive and Exhaustive planning of security management
Meticulous Planning for induction and de- induction routes of
polling parties. Well equipped police party with each polling party
for security Striking-Patrolling Force of 20 personnel at each base
camp Another Striking force of 20-25 personnel at Sub Division
level.
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Creation of Temporary Base Camps Besides 51 permanent Base
Camps 32 New Temporary Base Camps were created It facilitated safe
night halt for polling parties Decreased continuous travelling
distance through dense forested terrain
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Awareness creation among the public and Community Policing for
confidence building Arranging Janjagaran Melawas- community
outreach program. Village Visitations (Gram Bhet) By Police
Officers. Educating voters to instill confidence.
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Exhaustive Planning For Accommodation Of CPMFs Appointing a
dedicated team for facilitate accommodation of outside forces
Effective use of available infrastructure Vehicle and fleet
management route mapping.
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Facilitate Surrendered Naxals For Voting To motivate former
opponents of Democracy to participate in Voting. Provide help to
surrendered Naxals for getting voters ID.
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Use of 2 MI Choppers Air Lifting Of Polling Parties Along With
EVMs From Remote Hypersensitive Booths Psychological Encouragement
For Security Personnel Life Threatening Travelling Of Many Polling
Parties Avoided
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Motivating Female voters For enhancing voting percentage,
Participation of females voters was crucial. Police motivated
females/ girl students through : 1)Janjagaran Melawas 2)Village
Visitations 3)Navjeevan Scheme 4)Civic Action Programs
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High-tech Anti-Naxal Operations Use of Digital GPS instruments,
Night Vision Devices Use of Hand Held Metal Detectors Well equipped
Police Teams with modern arms and ammunition
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Use Of Communication Equipments For Polling Party Major
obstacle in the district is Poor mobile connectivity Communicating
with remote polling booths was a challenging task Police used their
wireless sets, Walkie-Talkies, Satellite phones for communication-
communication plan. Collection and dissemination of information
about polling party locations, voting percentage etc. on
wireless
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Conducting Road Opening (RO) exercise For safe passage of
Polling Parties/convoy BDDS, CRPF, SRPF teams for demining the
roads- RO plan
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Induction Of Training In Phased Manner Forces came from outside
were unknown of the Geography of the district To introduce these
forces with terrain and Naxal Movement, training was carried out at
3 levels- 1) Firstly at Head Quarters 2) Secondly at concerned Sub
Division 3) Lastly at Police Station
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Providing Security To The VIPs Naxals try to attack on VIPs
(like as MPs, MLAs, Candidates, Political Leaders etc.) to create
threat among the people Meticulous planning done for providing
security to these VIPs
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Co-ordination With Adjoining Districts And States Severely
Naxal Affected Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh states are located
at the boundaries Well known Maad Division ( Heaven for Naxals) is
situated adjacent to Bhamaragad Taluka Naxals take advantage of
this Geographical situation Exhaustive- well planned inter-state
joint operations were executed to tackle this problem
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Achievements Gadchiroli Stood 5 th In Maharashtra State In High
Voting Percentage Female percentage of voting is much more than
well developed districts like Pune, Mumbai etc. Number of Naxal
Crimes during election period decreased drastically. Local People
participated in voting confidently
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Sr. No.DescriptionPE 2014PE 2009 1 Total Percentage of
Voting69.84 %65.91 % 2 Male Voting71.64 %69.70 % 3 Female
Voting67.92 %62.00 % 4Gender Gap3.72 %7.70 % Comparative Analysis
(Parliamentary Elections 2014 and 2009)
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Naxal Strategy & Preparation Target one small party or
booth with larger group. Base camp Deployment pattern. Planting
IEDs at booths & roads. Training & Demining. Threatening
people against casting their votes. Grambhets & CBMs. Targeting
political functionaries, candidates and their rallies. security,
sensitization.
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We Sweat more before elections which resulted in less bleeding
later. Enthusiasm in public to vote. Alert, Cautious but
Aggressive. Against all odds, Against the current.
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Thank you Mohd. Suvez Haque, IPS, Supdt. Of Police, Gadchiroli
Official Mail ID: [email protected]@gmail.com
Personal Mail ID: [email protected]@gmail.com
Mobile No. 9823623210, Office:- 07132 -222151, Resi:- 07132
-222152