MARGAO
The South Goa election machinery was in full gear on Wednesday as they completed the process of transporting the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPATs to the various taluka centres in the district.
The EVMs and VVPATs were handed over to the custody of the respective Returning Officers appointed for the 21 Assembly constituencies in South Goa.
While the EVMs and VVPATs of the eight constituencies of Salcete taluka are all being housed in the strong rooms at the South Collectorate building, the EVMs were taken to the taluka headquarters and stored in the strong rooms by the respective Returning Officers.
The EVMs and VVPATs were being handed over to the Returning Officers a day after the officials conducted randomisation of the EVMs and VVPATs in the presence of the representatives of the political parties.
A strong posse of policemen, including armed Goa police and paramilitary forces were deployed at the entrance to the Old Collectorate building, where the EVMs and VVPATs were stored.
The process of shifting the EVMs and VVPATs was video filmed in the presence of designated election officials.
