CS Santhi Kumari asks officials to work together to effectively implement poll code

HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari instructed officials of various departments to work in coordination for effective implementation of the Model Code of Conduct in light of the Lok Sabha elections. According to officials, in addition to setting up special check posts on the borders of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, effective surveillance is also being conducted. The transport department has also set up 15 check posts and 52 enforcement teams.” Officials said that 16 interstate check posts have been set up by the Commercial Taxes Department and special monitoring is being done at 31 strategic points and added that 25 godowns where there is a possibility to distribute freebies to entice the voters have been identified and special vigilance has been kept on them. As many as 21 interstate and six mobile check posts have also been established by the Excise Department and eight districts where there is a possibility of illicit liquor manufacturing have been identified and also five railway lines where there is a possibility of illegal transportation of liquor have been identified and special measures have been taken to prevent them.