AGARTALA, April 24 (TIWN): Commissioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)s for the general election to Tripura Tribal Areas and Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) would be continued till April 26, as per the schedule, said Chief Election Officer S.K. Rakesh on Friday.The EVMs would be used in the TTAADC elections for the first time. However the election is scheduled to be held on May 3, 2015.Talking to the media persons on Friday at the civil secretariat CEO S. K. Rakesh informed that as per the preparation process of the ADC election, force movement at the ADC areas in wake of the election has already been planned and along with the postal ballot processing is going on in full swing. CEO also mentioned that out of the total of 71 booths one booth has been dropped out as there are no voters. “A total of 70 booths would function during the election slated to be held on May 3,” said Rakesh.A total of 1400 EVMs was loaned from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to be issued to the general election to TTAADC, he said. Beside Rakesh also informed that as of now no complaint has been received by any political parties centering the ADC poll.He also informed that the polling personnel would exercise their franchise through postal ballots at their respective facilitation centers from April 27.

 Of the total polling booths, altogether 79 polling stations have been identified as hyper sensitive while 360 booths have been marked as sensitive and remaining 632 polling stations are tagged as general category.

Eleven Engineers from Electronic Corporation of India Ltd arrives the State to complete the process. After the end of commissioning, a detailed report will be delivered by the Engineers about recent activities.