As many as 376 polling parties along with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voters Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and other election material were dispatched for to Kishtwar district where polling would be held on Thursday.
The District Election Officer (DEO), Kishtwar, Angrez SinghRana informed that out of 376 polling parties, 177 have been sent to Kishtwar and 199 to Inderwal. In far flung areas like Marwah and Warwan, the pollingparties were dispatched through helicopters well in advance. In addition tothis, 26 engineers of ECIL were also dispatched at different locations forsmooth conduct of parliamentary elections in these areas. The teams wereimparted with necessary training for operating the EVMs/VVPATs and otherelectoral process before they left for their respective polling stations.