New Delhi, March 27 -- With the seven-phase Lok Sabha poll occurring at the peak of the summer amid warnings of above normal temperature and heat wave conditions by the India Meteorological Department ( IMD), the Election Commission ( EC) issued an advisory to States and Union Territories and sought "strict compliance" of its directive of providing assured minimum facilities on the day of polls at polling stations for voters as well as polling personnel, including drinking water, shade and medical kit, ramp, polling states at ground floors, proper lighting and electricity, furniture's and proper signages at polling stations.
The Commission has also shared with its state chief electoral officers a set of 'dos and don'ts' issued by the Natio...