Howrah Lok Sabha bypoll: Android app,GIS-SMS tech to monitor sensitive booths

THE Election Commission will for the first time use GIS-SMS based poll monitoring system,android-based counting application and Live Monitoring of Sensitive Area (LMSA) in the June 2 Howrah Lok Sabha bypoll.

The GIS-based poll monitoring system would be used for rural areas to capture images and LMSA for Howrah town,with a video camera on a vehicle being used for the first time,Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta said here on Friday.

All polling stations would be covered by digital cameras and video cameras and micro observers,the CEO said adding,high resolution digital cameras would be installed in each booth.

The polling would be held in 1,851 booths. “Each and every polling booth will be covered by an armed guard,” he said,without disclosing the strength of the central force.