(Shahkot) Jalandhar, May 18, 2018: Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar. Varinder Kumar Sharma and Senior Superintendent of Police MGurpreet Singh Bhullar today monitored the final preparations of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Both the officers visited the premises of Public Senior Secondary School where the final preparations of the EVMs were being done. They monitored the entire work regarding the preparations of the EVMs and gave necessary directions to the polling staff on duty. During detailed interaction with the Sub Divisional Magistrate and other officers, they asked them to ensure that the work of preparing the EVMs was completed at the earliest.
They also said that this work was being done in the presence of the representatives of the political parties to ensure complete transparency in it. Both the officers visited all the 21 tables where the preparations were underway. They also asked the officers/ officials to impart their duty diligently as the election duty was true service of the nation.
Meanwhile, the officers also had detailed interaction with engineers of Bharat Electrical Limited who were updating machines with the relevant data regarding the by-election. They personally monitored the work of loading of symbols in the VVPAT machines besides fixing the ballot papers in the EVM machines to be used for the by-election. They said that these EVMs and VVPATs would be installed at 236 polling booths at 189 locations during the by-poll and a sizeable reserve of EVMs and VVPAT machines would be kept at the disposal of the officers during the by-poll so that they could be replaced whenever any snag occurs in the machines on polling day.
Prominent amongst others present on the occasion included Additional Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate Jasjit Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dilbagh Singh, Tehsildar Mandeep Singh and others.