Adilabad/Karimnagar: The Election Commission has issued a notification regarding campaign timings in 13 Maoist-affected Assembly constituencies in the Adilabad and Karimnagar districts.

Timings: The Commission has specified that campaign and polling times are only from 7 AM to 4 PM in the sensitive areas, whereas the timing for the campaign and polling in other areas is from 7 am to 5 pm.

Logistics of deploying police personnel and bad road connectivity to these interior areas has resulted in imposing these timing restrictions during campaign and polls days.

66 polling booths identified as Maoist-affected in the Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district.

Sirpur (T), Asifabad, Chennur, Bellampalli, Mancherial constituencies in old Adilabad district and Manthani in Old Karimnagar district share borders with the states of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh respectively.

Bhoopalapalli and Mulugu in old Warangal district and Pinapaka, Yellandu, Kothagudem and Ashwaraopet and Bhadrachalam in old Khammam district are some of the districts identified as Naxal affectd areas.

Sometime ago, Maoists had put up posters in Bellampalli and Parpelli of Kotapalli mandal in Mancherial district alerting the Police. A special police team has been deployed to comb the forest areas near Pranahitha and Godavari rivers.

Police is taking every possible security measure to prevent any untoward incidents during the campaign or at the time of polling on the day of Telangana Elections.

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