Dhanbad, Feb. 20 -- Preparations for the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections scheduled on February 23 intensified on Friday as officials in Dhanbad and Bokaro reviewed logistics, security and training of polling personnel.

In Dhanbad, deputy commissioner-cum-district election officer (municipal) Aditya Ranjan and SSP Prabhat Kumar jointly inspected the dispatch and receiving centres to assess the final phase of preparedness. The DC first visited the vehicle cell at Shaheed Randhir Prasad Verma Stadium and directed officials to ensure that about 250 buses and an equal number of smaller vehicles are dispatched strictly as per the route plan.

The team later inspected the receiving centre at Government Polytechnic, reviewing ward-wise arrangem...