Additional Deputy Commissioner (D)-Cum- Additional District Electoral Officer Vishesh Sarangal today conducted the first level checking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to be used in the elections of six Municipal Councils and two Nagar Panchayats of the Jalandhar on Monday.
Sarangal along with the officials visited Government Polytechnic College for Women at Ladowali Road and inspected all the 336 EVMs.
Additional Deputy Commissioner checked the functioning of 336 Ballot Units and 336 Control Units machines to be used during the elections, in the presence of the representatives of the various political parties.
Sarangal further said that the primary motive of this visit was to ensure that polling for the elections was conducted in a free, fair, and transparent manner. He also had detailed interaction with the engineers from Bel India who have been specially deputed here for the elections, in the college complex. He was apprised by the engineers that all these EVMs are ready for use.
The Additional Deputy Commissioner said elaborate arrangements have already been made by the district administration to ensure that the citizens exercise their right to the franchise during the elections peacefully and fairly.
He said that elections would be held in Jalandhar's six Municipal Council Kartarpur, Phillaur, Nakodar, Nurmahal, Alawalpur, Adampur, and Nagar Panchayats in Mehatpur and Lohian Khas. He said that these elections are going to be held in 110 wards of six councils and two Nagar Panchayats.