Maintain constant vigil on strong rooms with EMVs, says Hyderabad Collector Anudeep Durishetty
Hyderabad: Hyderabad district Collector Anudeep Durishetty here on Saturday asked the central para-military forces to keep a constant vigil on strong rooms where Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs) were preserved for counting on June 4.
Inspecting the strong room at Kamala Nehru Polytechnic College in Exhibition Grounds in Nampally where EMVs of Charminar Assembly constituency were preserved, he underscored the need for round-the-clock surveillance at the strong rooms.
The police department is providing a three-layer security for the strong rooms. Surveillance cameras were installed at the strong rooms to keep a constant vigil and the central paramilitary forces are guarding the strong rooms. The EMVs of Hyderabad Parliament constituency covering Assembly constituencies were preserved at strong rooms after putting a seal to them.
The EVMs of Nampally, Charminar, Yakutpura, Goshamahal, Amberpet, Malakpet, Chandrayangutta and Bahadurpura Assembly constituencies were kept at strong rooms in various places in the city and its suburbs.
These EVMs would be opened for counting in the presence of agents of the political parties on June 4, amid tight security. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is making elaborate security arrangements for the smooth conduct of counting after completion of Lok Sabha elections in other parts of the country.