Nepal: Govt to mobilise nearly 1,70,000 security personnel during local polls

Kathmandu: Nepal government is planning to mobilise a total of 168,000 security personnel from various agencies to ensure security during the upcoming May 13 local level elections.

There will be a three-tier security system in place during the local election, according to officials.

Accordingly, Nepal’s security apparatus has come to the fore with the necessary security strategy to ensure that local elections are held in a free, fair, and fearless manner.

As per the strategy, the Nepal police will be in the first circle of election security, the armed police force in the second circle, and the Nepal Army in the third circle.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the security mechanism has been mobilised by formulating an integrated as well as separate strategic security plan for the security agencies to conduct the election in a fearless and peaceful manner.