With less than a week left for the Puthuppally byelection, the anti-defacement squads under the District Election Authority have intensified measures against poll code violations.
According to officials, around 8,051 campaign materials erected without authorisation in public and private spaces have been removed so far by the squads. This also includes 6,730 posters, 518 banners and 793 flags.
The authorities have received 24 complaints of poll code violations through the C-Vigil app. Of these, follow-up actions on 17 complaints were initiated while the rest were found invalid.
