Port Blair, Feb 25: As part of the ensuing Panchayat & Municipal Elections-2022, the Office of the Director, Panchayat and Municipal Elections (DPME) is organizing training programmes regularly for the Officials engaged in the conduct of the Elections-2022. Accordingly, today training was organized for the Presiding Officers, First, Second, Third Polling Officials & Polling Assistants of Panchayat Elections - 2022 in the auditorium of DBRAIT.

Master Trainers through power point presentation enlightened the election personnel about duties & responsibilities of Presiding Officers, Polling Officials & Polling Assistants, handling of ballot boxes, poll day preparations and conduct of poll. During the training, the Presiding Officers were able to meet team members, interacted with them and learned the election procedures as a team.

Later, the team of Master trainers imparted hands on training about how to prepare the ballot boxes and it’s sealing on completion of the poll. A video on duties & responsibilities of Presiding Officers, Polling Officials & Polling Assistants was also shown to the election personnel on the occasion.