BHUBANESWAR: Chief electoral officer (CEO) of Odisha Surendra Kumar asked all district collectors to publish details of the most probably expenditure or requirement of funds for the upcoming normal elections.
The CEO has also sought details of the progress in construction of sturdy rooms and other infrastructure required for the elections.
“The simultaneous normal election 2019 is likely to be performed in the final a part of this financial yr or in the first a part of the next financial yr. It is due to this fact asked to furnish item-wise requirements of funds with correct justification,” read the letter from the CEO to the collectors.
The CEO sought data on requirement of funds for travelling and lodging of poll parties, restore and construction of sturdy rooms, procurement of election materials, and transportation of EVMs.
“We have to begin preparation for the overall elections 2019. These are routine process and the state executive machinery has to be in a position for an early election,” mentioned Kumar.
He also informed the district collectors about the use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which will likely be hooked up to an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the 2019 normal elections for the primary time. “It will require training and consciousness a number of the officials in addition to the electorate,” he added.
Kumar has also asked the works division to finish the development of recent robust rooms and repair and maintenance of the prevailing ones in the districts and hand it over to the respective district administration on the earliest. The expenditure also includes videography and documentation of the entire process, car and sales space association, remuneration of officials to be engaged in the process, set up and phone charges of phones, fax, web amenities and other amenities on the polling stations.
“All the expenses in the elections will likely be equipped by means of the Central executive,” Kumar added.
Sources mentioned, all over the 2014 normal elections, a whopping Rs 110 crore used to be spent in the state. There are a total 36,000 polling booths across Odisha.
The CEO has also sought details of the progress in construction of sturdy rooms and other infrastructure required for the elections.
“The simultaneous normal election 2019 is likely to be performed in the final a part of this financial yr or in the first a part of the next financial yr. It is due to this fact asked to furnish item-wise requirements of funds with correct justification,” read the letter from the CEO to the collectors.
The CEO sought data on requirement of funds for travelling and lodging of poll parties, restore and construction of sturdy rooms, procurement of election materials, and transportation of EVMs.
“We have to begin preparation for the overall elections 2019. These are routine process and the state executive machinery has to be in a position for an early election,” mentioned Kumar.
He also informed the district collectors about the use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which will likely be hooked up to an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the 2019 normal elections for the primary time. “It will require training and consciousness a number of the officials in addition to the electorate,” he added.
Kumar has also asked the works division to finish the development of recent robust rooms and repair and maintenance of the prevailing ones in the districts and hand it over to the respective district administration on the earliest. The expenditure also includes videography and documentation of the entire process, car and sales space association, remuneration of officials to be engaged in the process, set up and phone charges of phones, fax, web amenities and other amenities on the polling stations.
“All the expenses in the elections will likely be equipped by means of the Central executive,” Kumar added.
Sources mentioned, all over the 2014 normal elections, a whopping Rs 110 crore used to be spent in the state. There are a total 36,000 polling booths across Odisha.
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