CCTV cameras to be installed in polling stations; sensitive booths to have web cameras
The Hindu
Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) would be installed in polling booths where urban local body elections are to be held in Tiruchi district. Web cameras would be installed in polling booths ide
Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) would be installed in polling booths where urban local body elections are to be held in Tiruchi district. Web cameras would be installed in polling booths identified as sensitive.
Disclosing this at a press conference, Collector S. Sivarasu said that there would be 1,262 polling booths in all and CCTV cameras would be installed in 1,105 booths and web cameras in the rest for live streaming of the polling. As of now, 157 polling booths in various urban local bodies had been identified as sensitive in the district. “However, this number may go up after the nomination process is over, depending on the candidates and their background,” Mr. Sivarasu said.