Two districts of Bihar, Aurangabad and Rohtas will give 3,000 ballot boxes each for the upcoming panchayat polls due in November and December, confirmed K Srinivasan, DC Palamu.
Palamu’s requirement is around 7,600 ballot boxes. However with 6,000 boxes from Bihar the district administration here in Palamu will mop up its own boxes to meet the equirement.
Three types of boxes are to be used. These are large, medium and small ones. The large ballot box stuffs 1,000 polled ballots, medium 750 and small 500 polled ballot papers.
Palamu administration has done its primary pre-election work said Srinivasan saying his district panchayati raj officer S Pandey has worked out on all aspects of the conduct of this poll. Srinivasan said the consignment of ballot boxes has started reaching Palamu.
There will be no pressing of EVM this poll. A voter is to cast four votes one for Zila Parishad, one for gram panchayat, one for panchayat samiti and one for ward member. Polling team will have 4 personnel including the presiding officer.