The workplace of the Chief Electoral Officer in Kerala has come out with a handbook on the inexperienced protocol to be adopted strictly by the campaigners and election officers throughout the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul launched the handbook by handing the primary copy to Suchitwa Mission Government Director U.V. Jose. Extra Chief Electoral Officers Adeela Abdullah, Sharmila C., and Premkumar V.R. have been current.
‘Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Green Protocol Compliance Doubts and Answers’ was ready in collaboration with the Suchitwa Mission and Haritha Keralam Mission. It guides stakeholders on utilizing eco-friendly supplies throughout the electioneering to minimise polluting rubbish being generated.
Considerably, the elections are being held when the State authorities is urgent forward with an enormous ‘Malinya Muktam Nava Keralam’ marketing campaign and a slew of different big-ticket schemes just like the Kerala Stable Waste Administration Venture (KSWM).
The Election Fee of India has additionally issued directions to make use of solely nature-friendly supplies for election-related actions. Propaganda supplies utilizing flex boards, plastic flagpoles, polyester fabric and comparable polluting substances must be strictly prevented.
Eco-friendly supplies
Propaganda boards and banners must be fabricated from cotton and paper. Pure supplies resembling palm leaves, reeds, bamboo and areca nut leaves must also be used. Equally, eco-friendly supplies must be used to embellish election workplaces of political events.
The District Election Officer will take authorized motion if prohibited supplies are discovered for use. The campaigners will probably be required to discover the chances of digital know-how, which is able to cut back use of non-degradable marketing campaign supplies considerably. It is usually prompt that flower garlands, cotton shawls, books, and fruit baskets be given as presents at receptions to candidates.
Polling officers ought to keep away from plastic gadgets whereas organising the polling cubicles. They need to use metal plates and glasses as a substitute of plastic merchandise whereas consuming meals and water. Eco-friendly plates and glasses must be stored at polling stations.
The district administration ought to make sure that the voter slips aren’t left across the cubicles however delivered to the gathering centres or handed over to scrap sellers.
Cleansing actions
After the elections, the native self-government our bodies, political events, the Haritha Keralam Mission, Suchitwa Mission and different voluntary organisations ought to take away the supplies used for election campaigns and perform cleansing actions.
The Suchitwa Mission and varied departments will probably be required to take steps based mostly on the protocol, and the district election officers empowered to implement it.