An SUV carrying an <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/tinder-mumbai-npo-collaborate-for-campaign-to-promote-voter-participation-among-young-adults-23345086" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">electronic voting machine</a> partially sank into a river after water level rose suddenly washing away a mechanised boat that was ferrying the vehicle in Assam's Lakhimpur constituency on Friday, officials said.
The driver and the polling officer of the vehicle managed to get out before water gushed into the vehicle, an official said.
It was on its way to Amarpur area in Sadiya to replace an EVM after a technical glitch was detected in it as polling commenced in the morning, the official said.
A quick response team stationed at Sadiya dispatched the SUV with the EVM, accompanied by the driver and an official.
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"As the vehicle was being carried by a mechanised boat across the Deopani river, its water level and current suddenly increased. The boat sank under the force of the water, and the vehicle also partially sank," the official said.
"A State Disaster Response Force team was called in to pull the vehicle out of the water. The EVM, meant for replacement, was damaged in the accident," he added.
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