Plea to remove dish antennae from counting centre

The District Election authorities on Monday received a request to remove the dish antennae fixed at the Kunthavai Naacchiyar Government Arts College for Women (Autonomus), Thanjavur, which is one amon

The District Election authorities on Monday received a request to remove the dish antennae fixed at the Kunthavai Naacchiyar Government Arts College for Women (Autonomus), Thanjavur, which is one among the three votes counting centres set up in Thanjavur district. While the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in which the votes cast by the electorate in Thanjavur, Thiruvaiyaru and Orathanadu Assembly constituencies have been kept in three separate strongrooms at the Thanjavur college premises, EVMs of Kumbakonam, Thiruvidaimaruthur and Papanasam Assembly Segments were stored at the Government Arts College, Kumbakonam and of the Pattukottai and Peravurani Segments at the Government Boys Model Higher Secondary School premises at Pattukottai. Paramilitary and police personnel have been posted round-the-clock in a three-tire security to prevent access to the strongrooms where the control units have been kept and sealed in the presence of the agents of the contesting candidates after the conclusion of the poll on April 6, official sources said.