Authorities have already clarified that voters won’t be permitted to carry their mobile phones inside polling stations.Polling teams, equipped with 14,172 ballot units, 12,120 control units, and 13,131 VVPATs (Voter verifiable paper audit trail), have been dispatched to their respective centres across the metropolis, an official release said.More than 46,816 officers and employees, supported by 25,696 police personnel, will oversee the voting process, it said.Special provisions have been made for senior citizens and differently-abled voters, including free transport services with 997 vehicles, 3,388 wheelchairs, and dedicated volunteers, they said.As per EC directives, facilities like drinking water, clean toilets, waiting rooms, wheelchairs and volunteers for divyang voters, fans, dustbins, medical kits, and signboards have been provided at every voting station.Voters can contact the helpline at 1950 for assistance, the release said.Civic transport undertaking BEST has given 657 buses of its fleet of 2,807 for election duty.Mumbai Metro One, Maha Mumbai Metro, and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, along with the Central Railway, have announced to extend their operation hours for the convenience of polling staff.In a release issued on Tuesday, the BMC said essential facilities, robust security arrangements, and deployment of polling staff have been finalized, with officers and employees working round the clock to ensure a seamless voting process.In the release, district election officer and BMC commissioner Bhushan Gagrani urged citizens to exercise their franchise, emphasizing the importance of strengthening democracy through active participation in polls.”To ensure transparency and vigilance, webcasting systems have been installed at all polling stations, with live monitoring set up at the BMC headquarters (in south Mumbai). Gagrani inspected these arrangements on Tuesday,” the civic body said.Assembly election results will be declared on November 23.
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