Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday virtually inaugurated EVM and VVPAT Warehouse, Bilaspur from Shimla which has been constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.92 crore of which foundation stone was laid in the year 2020 and had been completed in a record time period. He said that EVM warehouses were being set up in all the districts of the State so that EVM and VVPAT machines can be kept together at one place with specific norms. Thakur said earlier the EVMs and VVPAT machines were kept in the Government Colleges or schools premises and in that situation, security related arrangements have to be made for these machines. He said that this led to prolonged use of the rooms of the educational institutions resulting in suffering of student’s studies.