The Election Commission of India has instructed the District Election Officers (DEOs) to coordinate with Electricity and Public Works Departments to ensure uninterrupted power supply for CCTV arrangements in the counting centers.
Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo chaired a virtual meeting of DEOs and senior officials and police officers on Thursday. The availability of diesel generators with automatic change over provision in case of power failure, UPS back up for strong room CCTV cameras to ensure seamless switching, stabiliser for CCTV installation were among the issues that were reviewed.
“The DEOs have also been instructed to ensure that measures like surge protector/lightning arrester are installed so that the CCTV cameras do not get affected because of lightning,” an official release said.
