Hyderabad, Nov 3: The election –related cash seizure in Telangana Touched Rs 385 crore after the model code of conduct came into force in the state on October 9.
Surveillance, monitoring and enforcement has been stepped up in the state which has resulted in seizures amounting to the tune of Rs 385 Crore cash, said Telangana Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari on Thursday while briefing to the ECI officials during a video conference about the poll preparedness and the law and order situation in the state.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners AC Pandey and Arun Goel held a video conference with the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of five poll going states of Telangana, Mizoram, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where elections will be held this month.
The Chief Secretary said that several rounds of inter- state meetings with the bordering states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chattisgarh and Maharashtra have been held both with the respective Chief Secretaries, DGPs and as well as senior officials and respective counterparts from the neighbouring states.
She said that as many as 166 border check posts have been set up across the 17 bordering districts of the state besides 154 border check posts set up by the neighbouring states.
A control room has been set up in the DGP office for effective coordination with the bordering states, she said..
Dry days have been declared in the state from the 28th of November till the 30th of November which is the day of polling, she added.
State Director General of Police Anjani Kumar informed the ECI officials that the law and order situation in the state is absolutely peaceful and there has also been a decline in normal crime activities.
182 persons have been taken into preventive custody so far, the DGP added.
