Preparations in full swing for MCD polls

Ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls, all arrangements have been made with regard to security and surveillance by the Delhi Police, said Special CP (Law & Order) Sagar Preet Hooda.
“Delhi Police’s arrangements are sufficient. There will be a total of 30,000 jawans on duty, of whom 16,000 will be Delhi Police jawans and the rest will be outside forces,” said Special Commissioner Hooda. The top officer said Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) jawans and home guards will also be deployed.
Point-to-point planning has been done, Hooda said, adding, “Security forces will keep a watch with the help of drones. Around four to five drones have been assigned to each district.”
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) also informed that the rail services on all the lines would start at 4 a.m. at terminal stations, in the wake of the 4 December municipal elections in the national capital.
An official statement from the Delhi Metro said, “On the day of voting, the Delhi Metro train services on all lines will start at 4 a.m. from all terminal stations with a 30-minute frequency on all lines until 6 a.m. After that, the metro will run as per the regular Sunday timetable throughout the day.” Alcohol sales in the national capital will be restricted for three days beginning today, in advance of the MCD elections.
The ban will be imposed from 5.30 p.m., the time and day the civic polls campaign ends, until the day of voting. Following this, the ban will be imposed again on 7 December, when the counting will take place.
“On account of the MCD Election in the NCT of Delhi from 17:30 Hours of December 2 2022 (Friday) to December 4 2022 up to 17:30 Hours (Sunday) and from 00:00 Hours to 24:00 Hours on December 7, 2022 (Wednesday) shall be observed as dry days,” as per an official statement from the Excise department.