Special General Observer to visit Barak Valley to oversee poll preparedness

March 26: Special General Observer for the State of Assam, Sudarsanam Srinivasan, IAS (retd.) will be on a two-day visit to Barak Valley to oversee the poll preparedness by the district administrations of Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj.

The Special General Observer will arrive Silchar from Guwahati on Sunday and hold a review meeting with all the General Observers of the three districts at the Circuit House. After the meeting, Srinivasan will proceed to Karimganj in the evening for a field visit and halt at the Circuit House.

Next morning on Monday, the Special General Observer will head to Hailakandi for a field visit. He will leave Silchar en route for Guwahati in the afternoon. Meanwhile, the Hailakandi election authorities are pulling out all stops to take the Special General Observer to some of the sites falling under 6 Hailakandi, 7 Katlicherra and 8 Algapur LACs where polling will be conducted on April 1.