The District Administration here has fortified the Strong Room where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have been stored through construction of brick masonry wall in the building entrance.
With construction of wall, the entire Strong Room now has no entrance and only way the EVMs could be reached is by breaking the wall.
According to District Collector, Mahadev Kawre the wall constructed would be broken on December 11 to take out the EVMs for counting.
Notably, the EVMs of assembly segments of Saja, Bemetara and Nawagarh has been stored at the strong room situated at Mandi Premises of district headquarters Bemetara.
The strong room was already guarded with iron doors and a channel gate and to make it more secure a wall has been constructed.
Apart from that security arrangements, the EVMs in Strong Room are also being monitored with CCTV.