EVMs shifted to strong rooms

Kakinada: The process of shifting of EVMs of all the 19 assembly constituencies in East Godavari was completed on Friday. The process started late in the evening on Thursday till early hours on Friday as it took more time to bring the EVMs from various places to district headquarters.

According to sources, the EVMs have been shifted to JNTU-K, Rangaraya Medical College, Ideal College of Engineering, District Sports Authority premises, Adi Kavi Nannaya University MSNPG campus in Kakinada.

District Collector Kartikeya Mishra, election observer R Nanda Gopal along with other officials inspected the strong rooms and got the rooms sealed in their presence. Tight security has been imposed at all these places as the EVMs of all 19 assembly segments and the three parliamentary constituencies have been stored at these places.