Electronic machines were sent to the polling stations at 7 am tomorrow

Voting begins at 7 a.m. tomorrow in 1,374 wards in the metropolitan area, 3,843 wards in the municipal area, and 7,621 wards in the metropolitan area.

For this 15 thousand 158 polling stations have been set up in the areas of the corporation. There are 7,417 polling stations in the municipal areas and 8,454 in the municipal areas. A total of 31,150 polling stations have been set up across the state.

All arrangements for recording at these polling stations are in place. 1 lakh 60 thousand electronic machines are being used in the polling stations for tomorrow's election.

All of these electronic machines were taken to a total of 31,150 polling stations with heavy security this morning. Electronic machines were brought to all the centers under the supervision of election officials with police security led by a sub-inspector.

3,678 polling stations across the state were found to be tense. It has also been found that the problem can occur in as many as 2,000 places. These areas have also been reported as tense.

In Chennai alone, 1,100 places are tense, according to police. The police have decided to engage in intensive surveillance in such tense polling stations and areas.

A total of 846 task forces have been set up to provide immediate relief in case of any untoward incidents in the troubled areas. These Action Troops will be in vehicles ready everywhere.

If there is a report of a problem in any area, the task force immediately rushes there and takes action to resolve the problem.

Similarly, 1,343 standing committees comprising police officers and guards have been formed across the state to conduct the elections peacefully. Arrangements have also been made for them to patrol the polling stations and surrounding areas in vehicles.

Checkpoints have been set up to prevent unauthorized persons from infiltrating the wards from outside and to prevent the smuggling of weapons and alcohol. Checkpoints have been set up at a total of 455 locations and police are on 24-hour surveillance.

The DGP said that the urban local body elections should be held and completed without any problems. Silenthrababu has advised the authorities.

It has been reported that police officers in metropolitan areas in all districts should be directly involved in election security work. As many as 17,788 police personnel will be deployed directly at the polling booths during tomorrow's elections.

Along with them, 71,074 policemen and 9,020 policemen from the Tamil Nadu Special Forces are on security duty. As many as 97,882 policemen will be on patrol across the state tomorrow.

In addition, 12,321 garrisons and 2,870 ex-servicemen are being recruited. Through this 1 lakh, 13 thousand 73 people are to be involved in election security work throughout Tamil Nadu.

18 thousand policemen will be on security duty in Chennai tomorrow. Security arrangements have also been made in the areas bordering Tambaram and Avadi Municipal Police.

24 thousand policemen are engaged in security work in these 3 police border areas. In Chennai, 4 additional commissioners, 6 associate commissioners, 18 deputy commissioners, and 60 assistant commissioners are to oversee the security operations.

Led by Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal, Tambaram Commissioner Ravi, and Avadi Commissioner Chandipray Rathore, Chennai, and its suburbs have been brought under complete control by the police since last night.

1 lakh 40 thousand officers will be engaged in the election work tomorrow along with the police.

The polling station set up at each polling station is to be staffed by separate security guards. Polling stations will feature up to 4 or 5 centers.

All the centers set up separately like this already have one guard on duty each. A guard will be on duty at the entrance gate tomorrow to prevent unwanted persons from entering the polling booth.

Polling stations are divided into 7 categories based on the problems encountered in the last elections. All polling stations have been brought under police control today in the run-up to the urban local elections.

Security arrangements have been made in full swing across the state.