The government has said that security has been beefed up to conduct the second phase of local level elections in a free and fair manner.

During a meeting of High Level Election Security Committee held at the office of Election Commission (EC) in the Capital on Wednesday, the Home Secretary said that security has been tightened to conduct the second phase of local polls in a peaceful manner, according to a statement issued by the Election Commission on Wednesday.

The meeting was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav.

During the meeting, CEC Yadav stressed on tight security arrangement while carrying out election activities like filing nominations among others.

The second phase of elections has been scheduled for June 28 in 41 districts of Provinces 1, 2, 5 and 7.

Election Commissioners, EC Secretary, Home Secretary, Defence Secretary and Chiefs of security agencies were present in the meeting.