District Magistrate and Zilla Panchayat Election Officer, South Goa District, Shri Ajit Roy, IAS, has order that on the day of Poll, viz. from 06.00 am to 9.00 pm of December 12, 2020 in all 23 Zilla Panchayat Constituencies under the jurisdiction of South Goa Zilla Panchayat Election Office, all Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Tea Shops, Pan Shops and other food shops (Dhabas, Gaddas) etc. within the vicinity of 200 mtrs of any polling station will remain closed to avoid their misuse for carrying campaigning or intimidation of voters or influencing voters and to prevent any gathering of crowd and any law and order problem.
District Magistrate has further intimated that, the above order shall not apply to Officers authorized on Election Duty by the Goa State Election Commission or the State Government including the Polling Officials, Magistrates, Police Officials and Government Staff.