KHOWAI/AGARTALA, April 26 (TIWN): One company Border Security Force (BSF) from 83 battalion of Kumarghat has been deployed in the interior areas of Khowai in wake of Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections which will be on May 03.

The BSF personnel on Saturday led by SI Vinod Bihari Debbarma patrolled in the areas namely Padabill, Bellcherra, Manaibari, Khangraibari, Belfung and other remote hilly areas of Khowai.

 A total of 75 polling stations are present in Khowai district and 40,000 voters will cast their votes in the upcoming Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections. "It is a three-tier security for the electronic voting machines (EVMs). The machines have been kept inside the strong rooms made in eight districts," said an official of the Election Commission.

"Each strong room is guarded by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security personnel, armed police and the local police," the official added. The counting will likely to begin at 8 a.m. The party workers will be allowed at the counting centers only on the counting day, he added.

It is to be mentioned here that a total of 177 candidates are contesting in the Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections.

Counting will be held on May 6," The Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) was formed in January 1982 under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution and later its powers were promoted by amending the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution in August 1984 to protect and safeguard the political, economic and cultural interests of the tribals. The tribal council constitutes two third of the state territory and home to the tribals who form one third of the population.