As many as 96,000 Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines will be used during polling in all the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra next month.<br />'' <br />''An official release said yesterday that a total of 1.35 lakh VVPAT machines will be made available for Maharashtra. Of these, 96,000 will be used at polling centres. It said that the additional VVPAT machines will be put under the custody of zonal officers.<br />'' <br />''The release said the process of training 6 lakh employees to handle these machines will be arranged soon. These employees will be provided with training at three different levels.<br />'' <br />''VVPAT is an independent printer system attached with electronic voting machines (EVMs) that allows the voters to verify that their votes are cast as intended.<br />'' <br />''A receipt will be generated in seven seconds after a vote is cast. The receipt will carry the election symbol, name and the serial number of the voter in the list. With this receipt, the voter can verify his vote cast.<br />'' <br />''The technology will be used for the first time in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Maharashtra, which has the second highest number of Lok Sabha seats, will vote in four phases between April 11 and 29.<br />''<br />''<br />