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District Collector K. Ellambahavath inspecting the EVM boxes loading from retention country successful Thoothukudi connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The Electronic Voting (EVM) Machines and the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which volition beryllium utilized successful the upcoming Assembly elections, were taken connected Tuesday to the EVM godown connected the Collectorate premises for the mandatory ‘first level checking’.
A full of 3,786 EVMs, 1,765 power units and 2,112 VVPATs, which were utilized successful the past Parliamentary elections successful 2024 had been kept successful the EVM godown connected the Collectorate premises portion 789 EVMs, 438 power units and 536 VVPATs were stored successful the Thoothukudi Panchayat Union office. Another 220 power units were obtained from Bharat Electronics Limited during the Parliamentary elections and kept astatine the EVM godown connected the collectorate premises. All these machines volition beryllium checked by the work engineers during the archetypal level checking from Thursday (December 11) onwards.
In the beingness of District Collector K. Elambahavath and the representatives of recognised governmental parties, the EVMs and the VVPATs were taken from the Thoothukudi Panchayat Union bureau astatine Pudukottai successful instrumentality trucks to the EVM godown connected the Collectorate premises. The sealed country of EVM godown connected the Collectorate premises was besides opened successful the beingness of the Collector and the representatives of recognised governmental parties to displacement the EVMs and the VVPATs to the archetypal level checking hall.
“The checking hallway has been cleaned and sprayed with insecticides considering the information of work engineers,” Mr. Elambahavath said.
