UP CM discusses smart meter issue, social media monitoring in high-level review meet

The three-day examination across 74 districts in two shifts continues for the final day, completing the scheduled home guard recruitment examination process as per the previous directives.

The home guard recruitment examination continues across 74 districts in two shifts, with the same scale of posts (41,424). The earlier instructions regarding facilities, traffic, and security remain in effect as officers monitor proceedings.

The examination for 41,424 home guard posts will begin across 74 districts in two shifts as part of the three-day schedule. The Chief Minister’s directives include ensuring adequate drinking water and emergency medical facilities at examination centres, maintaining smooth traffic arrangements, and pre-inspections of centres by district administrations to verify arrangements.

During the meeting held via video conference, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister issued instructions to officials regarding preparations, public facilities, and security arrangements for the home guard recruitment examination scheduled on April 25-27. He noted the exam would be conducted for the first time through the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board and ordered heightened vigilance. He directed district magistrates recently posted in districts to coordinate with divisional commissioners and senior police officials at the ADG/IG level, and mandated continuous social media monitoring with immediate action against rumour-mongers. He stressed two shifts across 74 districts for 41,424 posts, and asked centres to ensure water, emergency medical facilities, smooth traffic, and pre-inspections of centres. He flagged potential caste tensions as a law-and-order concern and ordered preventive measures. He called for special inspections of explosives depots and firecracker factories due to extreme heat, reviewed petroleum product availability, urged public information campaigns, and directed regular meetings with petroleum company representatives. He asked authorities to crack down on black marketing and hoarding near Nepal’s border, and instructed electricity distribution companies to run week-long feeder-level camps to address consumer complaints, with public awareness campaigns.