Puducherry, April 1 -- Puducherry Police has tightened the security, setting up 35 checkposts to monitor the movement of persons and vehicles for the fair conduction of assembly polls.

Speaking with ANI, R Kalaivanan, SSP, Puducherry, Law and Order, said, "Puducherry is having an election on the 9th of April, and for this, we have done all the preparatory measures. Around 35 checkposts have been established in Puducherry. We are strictly monitoring the movement of persons and vehicles."

"Apart from this, we are also having flying squads; 3 flying squads in each assembly constituency. We are monitoring 24/7, and we are also using drone surveillance," he added.

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