Strong room sealed, counting of votes on December 3
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Dhamtari; After the arrival of all the machines after the assembly voting in the district, in the presence of General Observer Assembly Dhamtari and Sihawa Manish Aggarwal, General Observer Assembly Kurud Deepak Ramchandra Tavre and Collector and District Election Officer Ruturaj Raghuvanshi and representatives of all political parties, Strong at Polytechnic College Rudri. The room was sealed. Security forces are deployed for tight security of the strong room. Soldiers have been deployed to protect the strong room.
In the strong room, separate EVMs and VVPATs have been kept assembly wise. The strong room has been kept under CCTV surveillance by the administration. For which a monitoring room has been created. During this, Collector and District Election Officer Rituraj Raghuvanshi inspected the counting venue and CCTV monitoring room at Polytechnic College Rudri. During this, District Panchayat CEO Roktima Yadav, Deputy District Election Officer Rishikesh Tiwari, all SDMs and returning officers including other officers were present.