Maharashtra elections 2024: Mumbai Police issues guidelines for voting day

Mumbai Police on Tuesday issued guidelines ahead of the voting day in city on November 20 Maharashtra Assembly election 2024A preventive order issued by the police said that a large number of voters are likely to visit various Polling Stations to exercise their right of votingIt said that it necessary for the purpose of preventing obstruction annoyance and injury or risk of obstructing annoyance and injury to persons lawfully employed and for the purpose of preventing the disturbance of the public tranquilityThe order was issued by Akbar Pathan Dy Commissioner of Police Operations Mumbai Police and Executive Magistrate specially empowered under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 rw subsection 2 of section 10 of the Maharashtra Police Act 1951It said that no person not being a candidate in connection with the election for which polling is to take place at a Polling Stations or the accredited agent of such a candidate or an official engaged in connection with the election or any public servant engaged in duty at or in the vicinity of such Polling Stations shall between 600 AM and 12 midnight on November 20 loiter or join or form any assembly or group of persons of any public through fare highway road street lane bye mdashlane or any other public place within a distance of one hundred meters radius from any Polling Stations in 1 152Borivali 2 153 Dahisar 3 154 Magathane 4 155 Mulund 5 156 Vikhroli 6 157 Bhandup W 7 158 Jogeshwari 8 159Dindoshi 9 160Kandivali 10 161Charkop 11 162 Malad W 12 163 Goregaon 13 164 Varsova 14 165Andheri W 15 166 Andheri E 16 167Vileparle 17 168Chandivali 18 169 Ghatkopar W 19 170Ghatkopar E 20 171Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar 21 172Anushakti Nagar 22 173Chembur 23 174Kurla 24 175Kalina 25 176Bandra E 26 177Bandra W 27 178 Dharavi 28 179Sion Koliwada 29 180Wadala 30 181Mahim 31 182Worli 32 183Shivdi 33 184Byculla 34 185Malbar Hill 35 186Mumbadevi 36 187Colaba Mumbai Assembly constituenciesIt further stated all intending voters visiting a Polling Stations for the purpose of voting shall form queues in front of the Polling Stations one for males and another for females and that each intending voter shall enter the Polling Stations serially in accordance with his or her position in the queue as and when voters are admitted to the Polling Stations in compliance with the directions of the Presiding OfficerNo person other than observers appointed by the Election Commission and authorized election police officials shall be allowed to either carry or use mobile phones wireless sets etc in the 100 mtrs perimeter of the Polling Stations described as the Polling Stations neighbourhood Section 130 Representation of People Act 1951 and within the Polling Stations the order saidIt said no person shall put election campaign related posters or banners within 100 meters of the Polling Stations and no person shall use loudspeakers mega phones etc within 100 meters of the Polling Stations