City Denizens Can See Counting Process, Live Updates On LED Screens

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has arranged for easy and comfortable viewing of the counting process, which will be held on Thursday and live updates on election for citizens of the temple city at five places in the city.

While the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha has installed a 10X12 LED screen at Biju Patnaik Park (Forest Park), BDA has taken responsibility of the sitting arrangements for 400 people under proper cover to give them relief from the hot summer.

BDA will supply drinking water to the people who will come and listen to discussions and live updates on TV inside the enclosure in the much sought-after green recreational zone in the city.

The position of the giant LED screen at Biju Patnaik Park is on the lawn near its main entrance. It will be placed atop a raised platform. The public viewing of counting at city park will start at 8 am and will continue till the process is finished.

Similarly BDA will also use four of its exiting LEDs at Kalpana Square, Kalinga Hospital Square, Rupali Square, 15X10 ft and near Lingaraj Temple, Old Town of 20X10 ft so that  people who are on the move can see the live updates and also see the counting process live.

The LED screens were erected during the Odisha Mens’ World Cup Hockey 2018.