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Barisal Correspondent

As many as 519 polling centres out of total 568 in six constituencies

of Barisal district have been identified by the local administration as more or less risk-prone.

In Barisal -1 constituency comprising Gournadi and Agoiljhara Upazilas, only 15 polling centres out of 81 have been marked risk free.

In Barisal- 2 seat consisting of Uzirpur and Banaripara Upazilas, four polling centres out of 99 are risk-free.

Barisal- 3 seat comprising Muladi and Babuganj Upazilas has 78 polling centres. Of them, only 4 polling centres are risk-free.

Barisal -4 seat covers Hizla and Mehendiganj Upazilas having 98 polling centres. 44 centres are risk-free in this constituency.

All the 121 polling centres in Barisal-5 seat comprising the Barisal City Corporation and sadar upazila have been identified as more or less risky.

Barisal- 6 seat covers only Bakerganj Upazila with 91 polling centres. Only 18 of them were found risk free.

Khan Sayeed Hassan, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Barisal Range , said effective measures have been taken to ensure peaceful holding of the national election at all the centres of this district on December 29.

Each polling centre will have at least 5 armed police,10 Ansars and adequate number of village deffence personnel under one assistant sub inspector of police. Besides, armed force, coast guard and RAB teams will be deployed as mobile and striking force, according to

Local administration sources.

Some 39 candidates are in the election race in six seats of Barisal district.