Training & Awareness Cell continues training polling teams at Silchar

March 26: The Training and Awareness Cell for Parliamentary Election, 2019 of Cachar district has started the first round of training schedule for the Presiding Officers and other polling staff in connection with the Lok Sabha Election 2019.

The 1st round of training started on 18 March, 2019 and will come to an end on 27 March. There will be two more rounds of training, which will also include familiarization of the polling team during the third and final round.

The training was imparted by around 52 Assembly Level Master Trainers in two venues–Narshing HS School and Cachar High School, Silchar. The EVM/VVPAT Training & Awareness Cell of Cachar district spearheaded the training sessions wherein training was imparted on EVM/VVPAT and poll procedure.

The training was given by means of power point presentations. In every room of both the schools, there were two sets of Master Trainers: one gave training on EVM/VVPAT and the other imparted training on the poll procedure.

Deputy Commissioner Laya Madduri, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajib Roy, Election Officer Sudeep Nath, State Level Master Trainer Sudipta Dutta Choudhury (Bapi) went around both the training centres and monitored the sessions. The logistic support for the training sessions was provided by the Training & Awareness Cell under the supervision of Mridul Kanti Chakraborty, Head Assistant of District Training Cell, Lok Sabha Polls, 2019.

Sources revealed that the 2nd round of training will begin from 30 March in all probability. The prestigious Silchar Lok Sabha seat will go for polls on 18 April this year. The results of the election will be declared on 23 May, 2019. A total of 11,93,908 voters of Cachar district would cast their vote in 1461 polling stations to decide the fate of Silchar Lok Sabha seat.