Election Commission is deploying 'digital eyes' for doing live
surveillance of sensitive and vulnerable polling booths in the West
Bengal assembly polls beginning next month.
The poll watchdog will
install video cameras in vulnerable booths as additional security
measure along with poll observers of various categories and central
armed forces.
"We will have video cameras installed in such booths which will give live broadcast to the district control room.
This will help us in taking immediate action if need," an EC official said.
The
official said the presence of cameras will monitor all those who are
entering the booth and those who are standing at the gates.
"This will act as a deterrent to mischief makers as they will know that they are being monitored closely by us," he said.
They
have identified around 14,000 vulnerable pockets across the state so
far. All polling booths falling in such areas will be classified as
vulnerable polling stations where additional security measures will be
taken.
Even in the pre-polling phase, various confidence building
measures are being taken in such areas. Whenever the situation is
considered to be normal, the EC removes them from the list of vulnerable
areas, officials said, adding that it is a dynamic process.
Senior
officials including the district magistrate and sub-divisional officer
have been asked to visit such spots on a regular basis.
District level helplines have also been started from this week where people can call and lodge complaints.
Officials
from the district control room are also maintaining a list of contact
persons in such sensitive areas whom they are calling regularly to take
feedback, officials said.
The first phase of the six-phased polls in the state will be held on April 4.
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