District administration is all set for the counting of votes of the lok Sabha elections tomorrow, ensuring the necessary security arrangement at the Jamshedpur Co-operative College which has been made the counting centre.
Keeping sensitivity of the strong room and counting centre in view, the administration has handed over the place to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
A mammoth number of over 1000 polling personnel including counting supervisors, counting assistants and micro-observers and six assistant returning officers would be involved in the counting exercise, which is expected to last for over five overs at Jamshedpur Cooperative College. The counting will begin at 8 am and will continue for 23 rounds.
Informing media, East Singhbhum deputy commissioner-cum returning officer for Jamshedpur parliamentary constituency, Amitabh Kaushal said that entire Jamshedpur Cooperative College administration building housing the EVMs has been declared ‘no-communication zone’ and is under electronic surveillance of 44 CCTVs.