Taking a leap forward towards ensuring fair and free elections in the state, Punjab Election Commission would be for the first time webcasting the polling process live in 200 polling booths across the state.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab Kusumjit Kaur Sidhu said that in these elections web casting would be done only in 200 polling booths in 11 districts, for which Technical Education Department would be making the necessary provisions with the help of the 11 Technical Institutes falling in these districts.

The CEO said that to make this programme a success around 200 engineering students of these institutes would be deployed at booths with one laptop and internet connection, by which the web casting would be done.