<span style="color: #222222;">In Puducherry, the election department has geared up with meetings and other activities like randomisation of EVMs in connection with the assembly elections in the Union Territory.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, District Election Officer Purva Garg headed a meeting to the bankers and businessmen today.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Deputy District Election Officer Sakthivel, the Assistant Expenditure Observer Elango and Nodal Officer – expenditure monitoring – Aravindan briefed the instructions of the ECI to the bankers regarding the opening of a bank account by candidates and issuing cheque books, sending suspicious transaction report exceeding rupees 10 lacs and procedures to be followed for ATM vans as per the guidelines of the ministry of finance.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Further the business people are advised to carry a documentary evidence for cash Rs. 50,000 and more. It is also informed that if they carry out cash with out document proof, that will be confiscated by the flying and Monitoring Squads.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> And the randomisation of Electronic Voting Machines and VVPAT equipment was held in the presence of representatives of all recognised political parties at the Collectorate .</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to an official press note, around 1,603 EVMs and 1,724 VVPAT machines would be operational in Assembly constituencies in the district.</span><br />''