Polling in the city, in this assembly election, is going to be under the vigil of web and CCTV cameras. In a move to curb any tampering of electronic voting machines, forced voting, hooliganism and criminality, the Election Commission of India has decided to install CCTV cameras at selected polling stations to record footage. To capture live feed, web cameras will also be installed at the polling stations.
Vijay Dev, chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi, while speaking to Millennium Post, expressed concern over polling stations located in the areas bordering neighbouring states. He said, ‘To stop anti-social and criminal activities at polling stations identified to be sensitive, we have decided to go for having a third eye on them through installation of CCTV cameras and live web-casting on the Internet. The move would cost the exchequer Rs 2,000-3,000 per polling station.’ Dev further added, ‘Through GPRS services, we would be able to monitor these booths on our mobile phones also. The election commission has earlier used these technologies in some areas of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.’
‘We are doing our best to maintain security and have violence-free, fair polls in all the 70 assembly constituencies of the city. We have also decided to put videographers with micro-observers to examine recorded data, 18 expenditure observers deployed in each of the nine districts to keep hawk’s eye. They would function under the supervision of two senior IPS observers,’ said Dev.
Vijay Dev, chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi, while speaking to Millennium Post, expressed concern over polling stations located in the areas bordering neighbouring states. He said, ‘To stop anti-social and criminal activities at polling stations identified to be sensitive, we have decided to go for having a third eye on them through installation of CCTV cameras and live web-casting on the Internet. The move would cost the exchequer Rs 2,000-3,000 per polling station.’ Dev further added, ‘Through GPRS services, we would be able to monitor these booths on our mobile phones also. The election commission has earlier used these technologies in some areas of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.’
‘We are doing our best to maintain security and have violence-free, fair polls in all the 70 assembly constituencies of the city. We have also decided to put videographers with micro-observers to examine recorded data, 18 expenditure observers deployed in each of the nine districts to keep hawk’s eye. They would function under the supervision of two senior IPS observers,’ said Dev.