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With this, the movement of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPATs) could be tracked, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Ariz Aftab, said Friday.
The poll panel has instructed that end-to-end movement of all reserve EVMs and VVPATs shall be carefully monitored at all times, for which vehicles of sector officers, with reserve EVMs and VVPATs, shall be fitted with GPS tracking system.
This is mandatory and real-time monitoring will be carried out, Aftab told reporters here.
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In West Bengal, the number of polling stations with voice and internet shadow zones are 159 and 1,019 respectively.
“Efforts are underway to reduce the number of polling stations falling under the shadow zone,” the CEO said.