On the eve the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election, the West Bengal State Election Commission today said that steps had been taken to make the polling free, fair and peaceful.
"All necessary arrangement has been made and precautionary steps taken to make tomorrow's civic elections free, fair and peaceful," State Election Commissioner S R Upadhyay said.
The SEC said that adequate security arrangements have been made in consultation with the Kolkata Police and the state police. Three companies of central forces would also be deployed.
Altogether 15 observers and three special observers would directly monitor the entire polling process in the city.
Nearly 38 lakh voters would exercise their franchise in tomorrow's civic polls to 144 ward-Kolkata Municipal Corporation while a total of 1,077 candidates would try their luck.
There would be 4,704 polling stations under 1,516 polling premises. Of them 535 polling premises have been identified as sensitive, Upadhyay said.
Altogether 320 polling premises would be brought under video coverage while webcam would also remain operational in many polling stations.
