Chandigarh, Dec 13 (PTI) All arrangements are in place for polling to zila parishad and panchayat polls in Punjab, scheduled to be held on Sunday, officials said.

Polling will commence at 8 am and will continue till 4 pm through the use of ballot papers, they said. Vote counting will take place on December 17, they said.

A total of 1.36 crore voters are eligible for polling, officials said, adding that over 19,000 booths covering all rural areas of the districts, have been established in the districts.

Elections will be held to elect members of 347 zones of Zila Parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 Panchayat Samitis.

Officials said there are 860 hyper sensitive polling locations while 3,400 sensitive polling locations.

They further said around 44,000 police personnel will be deployed for

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