Car Nicobar, Feb 8: The District Administration Nicobars has started village wise and polling station wise EVM hands-on practice for all eligible voters of Car Nicobar Tehsil from today. The programme which commenced at Community Hall of Kinmai village witnessed a good crowd of tribal community who had come forward for hands-on experience with EVM. Female voters & especially abled voters attended in large numbers. A senior citizen, Shri Johny, 84 years also participated in the awareness programme held at Community hall and availed the EVM hands-on experience.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Jyoti Kumari, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Nicobar remarked that more participation of local community is necessary for awareness about the democratic process. Through this programme, we can achieve the target of 100% voter participation in the upcoming Lok Sabha Election-2024. The 2019 Lok Sabha voters participation of Nicobar District was 99.0% percentage.          

There are 16 Polling Station for EVM hands-on practice in the 15 villages of Car Nicobar Tehsil. Accordingly, a schedule has been released by the DEO, Nicobars and the same has been handed over to the respective village Captains as well as CTC of Tribal Council of Car Nicobar.