Assam Police becomes techno savvy; installs software to depute forces automatically

GUWAHATI: Assam Police in its effort to conduct a hassle free election, has installed a software system which will help in deputing all the on-ground police personnel in their respective polling stations automatically.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has lent technical and logistical support to the Assam Police in installation of the software.

The software will ensure randomisation of manpower deployment and in turn total neutrality.

A team of specialists from Assam Police and NIC have been working round the clock to make the project a success. As a result, Assam Police had a flawless execution of force randomisation for the first phase of elections.

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The next batch comprising 25 officials are currently being trained to operate the force randomisation software for the second phase of polling.

Polling will be held in 47 constituencies in Assam in the first phase on March 27, while 39 and 40 constituencies will go to polls on April 1 and April 6, respectively. Counting of votes will take place on May 2 along with the rest of the states going to polls later this month and in April.

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