Salem: The administrations of Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri and Erode districts dispatched electronic voting machines (EVMs) and poll materials to the polling booths with police and paramilitary force security on Monday.
The Salem district administration has set up 4,280 poll booths for 30.15 lakh voters to cast their votes. As many as 18,000 officials will be involved in election duty in the district. “They were given three rounds of training in connection with this,” said an official from the election department.
Donkeys were pressed into service to carry EVMs and poll materials to Kottur hills and Yeri hills in the Pennagaram assembly segment of Dharmapuri district.