Pics: Prajwal Ukkuda
Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS)
 
Mangalore, May 1:  The  strong rooms at the  Canara College in  the city have  been assigned to carry the burden  and fate of  candidates who  contested for  the Lok Sabha elections from Dakshina Kannada constituency.
 
Being custodian of   storing  the  Electronic Voting Machines,  the  Canara College has been  provided with tight security  with  police  force guarding them round the clock. The seven rooms in the college are  given to  store the EVMs  from 1470 booths from the Dakshina Kannada constituency.

 
There  will be strong  protection  by the  police  team, a company of  policemen from district armed reserves. They  will be  in  3 shifts to safeguard the  strong rooms round the clock.
 
The  senior police officials  including  superintendent of  Police and  top officials will keep visiting the  strong rooms on  daily  basis. 

The  EVMs were  kept in the  strong rooms after de-mustering from the  polling  booths in the constituency. The  seven rooms in Canara College are sealed, secured and protected from anyone  entering these rooms.   
 
The EVMs will be maintained with  full security till may  16, the day  of  counting.
 
The Deputy  Commissioner V Ponnuraj along with  his  officials for the electoral  process will also  keep visiting to the  strong rooms from time to time to oversee the safety and security.