With the conclusion of final phase of polling the countdown of the counting day, that is, May16 has begun. On Friday the EVMs of Hazaribagh Parliamentary constituency, which are kept in the strong room built in Marketing Yard, will be taken out and it is expected that by 2-3 pm the process of counting will end.
Though the district administration has started preparations of counting process atleast two weeks ago but on Monday it looked to be at its peak when, on one side, DC Sunil Kumar who is also the RO, sat with the candidates or their representatives to clear every technical aspect of the process and on other hand, in Annada College campus second phase of training of staffs deputed on counting duty was taking place.
In the meeting with the candidates, the DC informed the candidates about the entire process. In the marketing yard campus, separate pandals have been made for each Assembly segment. For all five Assembly segments of the constituency 98 counting tables will be in operation. DC also informed about the procedure of transportation of EVMs from the strong room to the counting table and about the tabulation process of result coming from different tables.
The candidates and/or their representatives were told to submit the photographs and duly filled forms of their counting agents for each table Assembly-wise till Tuesday so that passes can be issued before time. What will be the responsibility and limit of polling agents was also cleared to the candidates/representatives.
In the training program the staffs were given practical example of how counting is to be done and to how the required papers are to be filled. On 15th once again these staffs will get one more chance of training at marketing yard campus and on 16th they have to report for the counting process in marketing yard campus at 5 am.
In the training program DDC Ravindra Prasad Singh, AC Ranjan Choudhary and other officers were present to clear the doubts of the deputed staffs.