GUWAHATI: Three-tier security has been put in place for guarding the strong rooms where the polled Electronic Voting Machines are being kept.
The innermost tier is being guarded by the Central Armed Paramilitary Force (CAPF), the second tier is guarded by the State Armed Police and the third tier by the District Executive Force.
Additionally, the strong room will be under 24X7 CCTV camera coverage and the rooms would have uninterrupted electricity supply. A control room adjacent to the strong room will also be operative round the clock.
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There are a total of 51 strong rooms in Assam where the EVM machines have been kept and sealed until the counting of votes.
Each strong room is being monitored by a gazetted officer along with a police officer and all visits are recorded.
Returning officers have also been directed by the Election Commission to visit the storage campus (up to the inner perimeter only) twice a day to check the log book and videography and send a report to the DEO on the status every day.
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