Panchayat Polls: Voting Underway for 4th Phase

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Voting for the 4th phase of Odisha Panchayat Polls began at 7 am in 27 districts of the state today and will continue till 1 pm.

Following incidents of violence in the first three phases of Panchayat polls, the Odisha police has tightened the security for the fourth phase.

The police have deployed 257 platoons of force and 1,473 mobile patrolling parties along with district police officials for the four phase polls. The fourth phase election is being held at 17,089 booths in 1,254 Gram Panchayats (GPs) under 64 blocks in 27 districts.