NOIDA: The Election Commission has decided to spruce up monitoring of over 10,500 sensitive polling booths in UP by ensuring that live videos are telecast from them. Not only will the EC directly monitor the webcast, but videos will also be available to the general public on the UP chief electoral officer’s website to ensure transparency in the poll process.
Additional election officer Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan has asked the Gautam Budh Nagar District Election Officer to make necessary arrangements for live webcasting in polling booths of Noida, Dadri and Jewar after identifying sensitive booths. “Officials will have to identify and shortlist the booths and submit a list by Wednesday,” the official said.
The EC will use the technique in about 70 booths in Noida, Dadri and Jewar. “Though the EC is trying to bring almost every polling booth in the state for the webcasting process, the actual numbers will be scaled down due to internet connectivity and logistics,” said a district official. In Gautam Budh Nagar, there are 988 polling booths of which 247 have been identified as critical. “The list for live webcasting includes only 70 booths, but if required the district returning officer has the authority to add more,” said the official.
“An efficient system that can perform at a very low bandwidth and stream video from multiple sources will be used for the live webcasting,” a senior district official said.
KeelorVandana Keelor, TNN | Jan 18, 2012, 04.26PM IST
