Colleges inspected for counting arrangements in Bhimavaram

Bhimavaram: West Godavari District Collector Praveen Kumar along with other officials on Monday night inspected Sri Vishnu College and Sita Polytechnic for verifying the feasibility for arranging strong rooms and counting halls for the ensuing general election.

He verified infrastructure facilities at the colleges for storing EVMs belonging to Narsapuram, Palakole, Undi, Achanta, Tanuku, Tadepalligudem and Bhimavaram constituencies.

A plan would be prepared and sent for consideration of the Election Commission (EC).

Besides providing security for strong rooms and counting centres, arrangements should also be made for parking of vehicles coming from the constituencies concerned.

The provision of CC cameras should also be made for the counting centres and strong rooms, he added.

Joint Collector M Venugopal Reddy and other officials accompanied him.