Collector visited the counting site and took stock of the preparations

Bilaspur : Under the Assembly elections, counting of votes will start at 8 am on December 3 at the Government Engineering College, Koni. As per the instructions of the Election Commission, preparations for counting of votes are going on in full swing by the district administration. In this series, Collector and District Election Officer Avnish Sharan today inspected the counting venue closely for about an hour and gave necessary instructions to the officials regarding the counting table arrangement, security arrangements, media centre, meeting arrangements along with the complete arrangements of the counting venue. Given. The Collector asked to ensure transparency and fairness in counting of votes.

The Collector said that 14 tables will be arranged for counting of votes in each assembly. Counting of postal ballot and ETPBS will also be done at the same venue before 8 am. He instructed the Election Commission to make concrete and systematic arrangements for counting of votes. He took information about the security arrangements for counting of votes from the police officers present on the occasion. Police officials gave complete information to the Collector about the three-tier security system. Police officials informed the Collector about the tight security arrangements on the day of counting.

The Collector also gave instructions to the officials regarding barricades, sections, entry of political and non-political persons, media representatives, reserve employees, CCTV surveillance system at the counting venue. This time, in view of security, he asked for color coding in the identity cards of candidates and officials so that clear identification of candidates, agents, and government officials and employees can be ensured. The Collector also informed the officials and agents of the political parties present on the spot about the preparations and took their stand. During this, District Panchayat CEO Ajay Aggarwal, Deputy District Election Officer Shivkumar Banerjee and all the returning officers were present. The Collector directed to make proper arrangements to accommodate the officials and agents of political parties near the strong room. He also discussed with the CCTV monitoring team.