Satish Aditya
Motihari : The East Champaran District Administration has made elaborate arrangement for counting of votes of 12 assembly constituencies (AC) on November 10, 2020. The counting will be done on Munsi Singh College, Laxmi Narayan Dubey College, and Zila School centres. Prohibitory orders have been imposed in and around the counting centres to prevent gathering of people.
East Champaran DM cum District Election Officer Shirshat Kapil Ashok, said that the arrangements for counting of votes have been made as per the direction of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Covid-19 protocol.
Altogether 700 employees would be deployed in counting works at the three counting centres. They would be deployed at these centres
carrying their identity cards signed by the Retuning officers. Three senior officials of the district have been deputed at the three counting
centres with para military forces to maintain law and order.
The DM said that the counting of votes would start at 8 am and no one including counting agents of candidates would be allowed to carry cellphones at the counting centres. The CCTV cameras have been installed at all the three strongrooms where the EVM machines are
stored. The Munsi Singh College strongroom is biggest one where EVMs of 7 ACs have been stored. The counting of votes of Motihari, Raxaul, Harsidhi, Gobindganj, Madhuban, Sugauli, and ,Narkatiya constituencies would be taken up at this centre. The counting of votes of Kesariya, Kalyanpur, and Pipra constituencies would be done at LND college while the votes of Chiraiya and Dhaka constituencies would be done at Zila School.