Amid tight police security, polls to elect new Board of Directors to the Tiruchi-headquartered Southern Railway Employees Cooperative Credit Society commenced here on Monday.
Booths were set up to enable railway employees cast their vote at different places including Golden Rock Railway Workshop premises, Tiruchi Railway Divisional office and Diesel Loco Shed.
Teams of police personnel were deployed in front of the Golden Rock Railway Workshop and in front of the office of the credit society near the Junction area as a precautionary measure.
The election is also being conducted to elect representatives of General Body for the society.
The elections would be held in Madurai, Chennai, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram railway divisions in the coming days. The election concludes on October 9.