Ensure steps for counting of votes

Kadapa: District Collector CH. Harikiran has directed the officials to ensure for properly counting the votes related to 2019 general elections in the district.

Addressing meeting with Returning Officials and Assistant Returning Officials here on Saturday he said that as per the directions of ECI counting of votes will begins exactly by 8 AM and continued till conclusion of all 10 assembly segments and 2 MP Constituencies.

Collector has directed the R&B Executive Engineer to take all necessary steps for providing infrastructure facilities like tables, chairs, drinking water, uninterrupted power supply in the counting hall.

In view of avoiding in-personation in the counting procedure identity cards would issued to the staff participating in the counting and allotment of counting rooms at constituency wide will be announced before 24 hours of counting that is 22 nd May.

Collector has cautioned that officials should have aware over counting of postal ballots as it will be the serious matter. JC Koteswara Rao, JC-2, Siva Reedy, DRDA PD Ramachandra Reddy and others were present.