MC POLLS-VIDEOGRAPHY ON 284 SENSITIVE POLLING STATIONS
Author(s): City Air NewsWI-FI ENABLED CCTV CAMERAS AT ALL NINE STRONG ROOMS LUDHIANA, February 20, 2018: Strong measures are being taken to hold free and fair election of Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and by-polls of two wards in Payal...
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Feb 20, 2018 10:30
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WI-FI ENABLED CCTV CAMERAS AT ALL NINE STRONG ROOMS
LUDHIANA, February 20, 2018: Strong measures are being taken to hold free and fair election of Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and by-polls of two wards in Payal and Jagraon Municipal Councils on February 24.
On the basis of ground report by returning officers and police officials, a total of 284 polling stations have been identified as sensitive where the videography would be done.
District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Mr.Pradeep Kumar Agrawal and Additional District Electoral Officer-cum- Additional Deputy Commissioner Mrs.Neeru Katyal Gupta said that 1153 polling stations (two auxiliary polling stations) would be set up for holding Ludhiana Municipal Corporation Elections out of which 284 polling stations have been identified as sensitive where the videography would be carried out by station election commission.
They informed that nine strong rooms would be set up at nine places where the voting machine would be kept till the counting day (February 27) and to keep round the clock supervision of the rooms, CCTV cameras would be installed there.
They told that these cameras would be Wi-Fi enabled and anyone can oversee the strong room from anywhere.
