The returning officer and district collector Bhim Singh has cautioned the officials involved in counting of votes in the lok Sabha polls on May 16, to exercise maximum caution to ensure that the process is complete in absolute transparency and fair manner..
The Collector cautioned them during their meeting on Thursday in which he took stock of the preparations that are underway for the counting.
According to him, the counting will start at 8 am in the morning. He also instructed all the officials and employees in counting duty to be present there at 5.30am on May 16.
Besides this, he said they would also be pressed into a mock trial of counting on May 15 from seven in the morning on the eve of counting to ensure that everything is place and the officials and employees are well aware of the process.
According to him, each candidate will be allowed to depute one each counting observer in each counting table. The counting officials have been also instructed the check the Electronic Voting Machines EVMs properly to ensure that everything is safe, before counting.