Kochi: The Election Commission has set up webcasting facilities at all polling booths in Thrikkakara to conduct transparent elections. Usually only half of the booths in each constituency are equipped with cameras. This time all the 239 polling booths in the constituency were set up for this.
The system was set up on the special instructions of Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kaul to ensure security and make the procedures transparent.
A live view of all the booths is provided through the control room of the webcasting system set up in the Spark Hall of the Collectorate. The control room is under the direct supervision of District Collector Jafar Malik. The Chief Election Commissioner, Collector and observers visited the control room and evaluated the activities.