Coimbatore: More than 300 cops have been deployed at the counting centre at Government College of Technology (GCT) on Thadagam Road to protect the electronic voting machines (EVM) stored there. As many as 150 CCTV cameras have also been installed there.
While 45 personnel from the Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) and 72 from the Coimbatore city armed reserve police are deployed on three shifts, 80 central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel are guarding the 10 strongrooms where the EVMs are kept. As many as 108 personnel from the Coimbatore city police are deployed in the outer periphery of the counting centre. Bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) personnel are also present there.
Coimbatore collector S Nagarajan visited the centre on Wednesday. While 70 CCTV cameras were fixed around the strong rooms, 80 were fixed in the counting centre.
A police team is monitoring CCTV footage from a mini control room. Agents of political parties can also monitor the footage. Agents of DMK, AIADMK, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) are present there.
Counting of votes and declaration of results will happen on May 2.