All arrangements in place for counting of votes
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After many agents tested positive, candidates had to make alternative arrangements
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Arrangements for social distancing being made at Government Engineering College in Palayamkottai; police personnel deployed at a counting centre in Thoothukudi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SHAIKMOHIDEEN A
After many agents tested positive, candidates had to make alternative arrangements All arrangements have been put in place for counting of votes polled in the five Assembly segments of the district on April 6. After polling ended on April 6, the Electronic Voting Machines were kept in the strong rooms in Government College of Engineering on Tirunelveli – Nagercoil Highway where 3-tier security arrangement has been put in place. Moreover, CCTV cameras have been installed in and outside the strong rooms and in and around the Government College of Engineering.
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EVMs kept in a strong room at the counting centre in Government Engineering College in Palayamkottai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHAIKMOHIDEEN A
The electronic voting machines used in the 5 Assembly segments in the election held on Tuesday were brought to the Government College of Engineering, the counting centre on the Nagercoil highway, to be kept in the strongrooms. A total of 157 lorries with armed policemen collected the EVMs from the polling stations and brought it to Government College of Engineering in Palayamkottai. As the EVMs were being brought to the Government College of Engineering since last night, additional policemen and the Central Reserve Police Force personnel were deployed in and around the college. The EVMs were kept in the ‘strong room’ which were sealed in the presence of Collector V. Vishnu on Wednesday.