Arrangements in full swing at counting centres in Erode
The Hindu
With polling for the urban local bodies election to be held on February 19, all the 14 centres where votes polled in the district would be counted on February 22 are getting ready.
Votes polled in all the 59 wards in the Corporation will be counted a the Institute of Road and Transport Technology (IRTT) in Chithode. Installation of surveillance cameras, barricading the counting halls at the centre are under way as officials said that all the works would be completed in two days.
After polling, all the electronic voting machines and control units will be kept in strong rooms and sealed. Three-tier security will be provided for the centres from February 19. Officials said that on the day of counting, the seal would be broken and the machines would be taken for counting.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.