260 STs will run to deliver the voting machines and take them to the center

For the assembly elections, the Election Commission had requisitioned 8,987 ST trains across the state to transport voting machines to polling stations and take them back to counting stations after polling. Accordingly, the State Transport Corporation has made arrangements to provide 260 STs for the district as well. Therefore, the police system will get adequate transport support during the election period. These cars will be given on November 19 and 20 on casual contract. During this period, the important work of transporting election materials and voting machines will be done by this bus. Apart from this, 245 additional buses will also be made available for police station. ST currently has a total of 13,367 buses of its own. Out of which 9,232 buses will be deployed for election work from various 31 divisions of the state. This will be managed in the entire state including Mumbai. According to the administration, the demand for buses is for a certain period. Therefore, this incidental agreement will not affect regular passenger traffic. So daily commuters will not face any difficulties.www.konkantoday.com