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Telangana Assembly polls: Integrated Command and Control Room set up in Hyderabad, to operate 24×7

The Integrated Command and Control Room will run 24X7 till all the election processes are completed, the Telangana CEO said.

ByPTI

Published Nov 18, 2023 | 11:48 AM ⚊UpdatedNov 18, 2023 | 11:48 AM

Integrated Command Control Room Telangana assembly elections

Integrated Command and Control Room set up ahead of polls. (iStock)

Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj has set up an Integrated Command and Control Room in Hyderabad to monitor the ground-level issues in real-time, including operations of seizures, Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations, and campaigning issues.

This Integrated Command and Control Room is a collaborative workspace where the CEO reviews the situation in all the 119 Assembly constituencies in the state and makes decisions based on the information sent by ground-level teams in real-time and, if necessary, in consultation with the Election Commission of India (SCI), a statement from the office of the Telangana CEO said.

The Integrated Command and Control Room will run 24X7, till all the election processes are completed, it said.

The monitoring includes operations of seizures, MCC violations, “1950” call centre complaints, campaigning issues under MCMC, c-Vigil, Flying Surveillance Team (FST), Static Surveillance Team (SST), Excise Department, police department, social media, Suvidha App, etc.

This also supervises 18 distilleries and six breweries in the state, it said, adding that monitoring of the situation includes vigil on Inter-state borders, and complaints received through emails.

This control room is also monitoring 15 satellite TV channels and three YouTube channels.

This is in addition to the control rooms managed by District Election Officers (DEOs) and Returning Officers (ROs), live webcasting, CCTV cameras, video graphing the election process at various levels etc., the statement said.

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1950 toll-free number

On the “1950” toll-free number, as many as 694 complaints were registered since 9 October (when the schedule for the Telangana Assembly elections was announced), it said.

So far 4,643 complaints have been received on c-Vigil App and 2,858 of them were found correct and disposed/ escalated while 1,767 were dropped, it said.

The social media monitoring cell consists of police/ IT personnel to address fake news/misinformation against EVMs, poll process, ECI and the CEO of Telangana and so far 25 negative posts have been noticed, the release added.

Telangana Assembly polls will be held on 30 November.

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