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ఈవీఎంలకు సంబంధించిన కొన్ని భాగాలు మధ్యప్రదేశ్లోని కొన్ని జిల్లాల్లోని భద్రత గదుల నుంచి మాయమయ్యాయని ఆ రాష్ట్ర ఎన్నికల సంఘం తెలిపింది. ఈవీఎం భాగాల వివరాలను కోరుతూ అజయ్ దూబే అనే వ్యక్తి సహ చట్టం కింద చేసిన దరఖాస్తు మేరకు ఈ సమాచారాన్ని వెల్లడించింది. కనిపించకుండా పోయిన వాటిలో బ్యాలెట్ యూనిట్లు, డిటాచబుల్ మెమరీ మాడ్యూల్ లాంటి కీలక భాగాలున్నాయి.

ఈవీఎం స్ట్రాంగ్రూమ్

Published : Jun 23, 2019, 3:41 PM IST

Updated : Jun 23, 2019, 3:49 PM IST

కొన్ని ఎలక్ట్రానిక్ ఓటింగ్ యంత్రాల(ఈవీఎం) ముఖ్య భాగాలు మధ్యప్రదేశ్లోని కొన్ని జిల్లాల్లో ఉన్న స్ట్రాంగ్ రూముల నుంచి మాయమయ్యాయని తాజా తనిఖీలో తేలింది. బ్యాలెట్ యూనిట్, డిటాచబుల్ మెమరీ మాడ్యూల్(డీఎంఎం) లాంటి ముఖ్యమైన భాగాలు కనిపించకుండా పోయాయనే విషయం సమాచార హక్కు చట్టం దరఖాస్తు ద్వారా వెల్లడైంది. అయితే ఎక్కడ వినియోగించిన ఈవీఎం భాగాలు మాయమయ్యాయో కచ్చితంగా బహిర్గతం కాలేదు.

ఈవీఎంల భద్రత, నిర్వహణలపై జిల్లా యంత్రాంగాల నుంచి వచ్చిన తాజా నివేదికలను తెలియజేయాలని అజేయ్ దూబే అనే వ్యక్తి దాఖలు చేసిన సమాచార హక్కు చట్టం దరఖాస్తు మేరకు మధ్యప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర ఎన్నికల సంఘం ఈ వివరాలను వెల్లడించింది. ఈ ఏడాది ఏప్రిల్-జూన్ మధ్యలో తనిఖీలు చేపట్టిన వివరాలను తెలియజేసింది.

ఈవీఎంల సమాచారాన్ని నిల్వ చేసుకునేందుకు అదనంగా ఉండే మరో సాధనమే డిటాచబుల్ మెమరీ మాడ్యూల్(డీఎంఎం). దీన్ని కావాలంటే ఈవీఎంల నుంచి వేరు చేసే సదుపాయం ఉంటుంది.

నర్సింగ్పుర్ జిల్లా పాలిటెక్నిక్ కళాశాలలో మొత్తం 2,709 డీఎంఎంలు భద్రపరిస్తే.. అందులో 2,508 కనిపించలేదని తనిఖీల్లో తేలినట్టు మాస్టర్ స్టాక్ రిజిస్టర్ ద్వారా వెల్లడైంది. అయితే 687 డీఎంఎంలను ఎన్నికల్లో వినియోగించలేదని, అందుకే ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి తిప్పిపంపినట్టు నర్సింగ్పుర్ జిల్లా అధికారులు తెలిపారు. స్ట్రాంగ్ రూములో 201 జీఎంఎంలు ఉన్నాయని చెబుతూనే, కనిపించకుండా పోయిన వాటి వివరాలపై పెదవి విప్పలేదు.

అలాగే తొమ్మిది బ్యాలెట్ యూనిట్లు కూడా మాయమైనట్టు ఆర్టీఐ దరఖాస్తుకు ఇచ్చిన సమాధానంలో ఉంది.

చిన్న పెట్టె పరిమాణంలో ఉండే పరికరమే... బ్యాలెట్ యూనిట్(బీయూ). దీనిపై ఎన్నికల్లో పోటీలో ఉన్న అభ్యర్థి పేరు, గుర్తు కనబడుతుంది. అక్కడ ఉండే నీలంరంగు మీటను నొక్కి ఓటరు తమకు కావాల్సిన అభ్యర్థికి ఓటు వేస్తారు.

సరిగా పని చేయని 12 కంట్రోల్ యూనిట్లు, 16 బ్యాలెట్ యూనిట్లు ఎన్నికలకు ముందు నిర్వహించే తనిఖీల్లో పని చేయలేదని, ఎన్నికల కమిషన్ వాటి మరమ్మతుల కోసం ఇంజినీర్లను పంపలేదని భిండ్ జిల్లా యంత్రాంగం ఎన్నికల సంఘానికి తెలిపింది. అలాగే మంద్సోర్లో ఎనిమిది బీయూలు, షాజాపుర్ జిల్లాలో ఓ డీఎంఎం కనిపించకుండా పోయాయని ఆర్టీఐ ద్వారా వచ్చిన సమాధానంలో ఉంది.

"ఈవీఎం భాగాల మాయంపై తక్షణమే దర్యాప్తు జరిపి అవి ఎక్కుడున్నాయో గుర్తించాలి. వీటి మాయం.. ఈవీఎంల భద్రతపై మరింత ఆందోళలను రేకెత్తిస్తోంది" - అజయ్ దూబే, స.హ.చట్టం దరఖాస్తుదారు

భోపాల్తో పాటు రేవా తదితర జిల్లాలోనూ కొన్ని ఈవీఎం భాగాలు మాయమైనట్టు తనిఖీల్లో తేలిందని దూబే చెప్పారు.

"ఈవీఎం భాగాల మాయంపై తక్షణమే దర్యాప్తు జరిపి అవి ఎక్కుడున్నాయో గుర్తించాలి. వీటి మాయం.. ఈవీఎంల భద్రతపై మరింత ఆందోళలను రేకెత్తిస్తోంది" - అజయ్ దూబే, స.హ.చట్టం దరఖాస్తుదారు

ECUADOR BEAR
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ MIRADOR DEL OSO ANDINO/ PREFECTURA DE IMBABURA AND BIG MAMMALS CONSERVATION
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LENGTH: 6:51
SHOTLIST:
MIRADOR DEL OSO ANDINO - MANDATORY ONSCREEN CREDIT: MUST READ: "MIRADOR DEL OSO ANDINO"
Imbabura, Ecuador - 3 May 2019
1. Close of Andean spectacled bear mother with her two cubs in a tree
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Imbabura, Ecuador - 18 May 2019
2. Wide of valley where the bears live
3. Pull out of waterfall
4. Close of avocados
5. Wide top shot of bear eating avocado
6. Various of guide Danilo Vasquez walking down steep valley with his tripod
7. Wide of bear
8. Close of Vasquez looking at bear
9. Various of field of cows in the valley
10. Wide of Vasquez inspecting choclo
11. Close of choclo
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Danilo Vasquez, guide, Mirador del Oso Andino
"One time when I saw a bear eating some choclos, I thought, they (the farmers) are surely going to kill them. The day when the owners found the bears in the maize and I could see from here that they took out their rifles, machetes and sticks and they came down chasing the bear and the bear, in desperation, fell into the river, I was desperate and shouted 'don't kill them!' In the afternoon I crossed the river so they would not kill them and I said how much is the damage? They said ten dollars, I said here is 20 but don't kill them. Now they are friends with the bears, people understand that they should not be killed."
13. Mid of sign reading: (Spanish) "Welcome to the lookout of Andean bears"
14. Close of wooden bear statue
15. Wide of viewing tree house built by Danilo Vasquez
16. Mid of tourists looking for bears
17. Close of tourist taking photo
18. Close of baby with her parents
19. Wide of family posing with bear statue
20. Wide of man on swing
21. Wide of Danilo Vasquez pushing man on swing
PREFECTURA DE IMBABURA AND BIG MAMMALS CONSERVATION - MANDATORY ONSCREEN CREDIT: MUST READ: PREFECTURA DE IMBABURA AND BIG MAMMALS CONSERVATION
Imbabura, Ecuador - 14 August 2018
22. Trap camera footage of bear scratching against tree
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Imbabura, Ecuador - 19 May 2019
23. Wide of tourists in the heavy rain looking for bears
24. Mid of Vasquez showing tourists where the bears are hiding
25. Mid of tour guide looking through telescope
26. Close of same
27. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto Cabrera, tour guide
"In my experience this place is totally different, I once heard about it but the truth is I did not imagine to find it so close and in such a short time. Sometimes we do a two day excursion and you only see them far away or sometimes not even see them. For me, the truth is, in the 17 years that I have been a guide this is the best I have seen so far."
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Imbabura, Ecuador - 18 May 2019
28. Various of biologist Fidel Rodriguez photographing the bears
29. SOUNDBITE: Fidel Rodriguez (Spanish) biology professor, Central University of Quito
"The bears are omnivorous, right, so their diet is varied. We have also heard about cases in Ecuador and around the world where there are conflicts with the bears because they eat your cattle, the cows, so that is another of the problems. Here I don't think it has gone that far, but yes here they eat your maize, your avocado, the bear does depend on that resource because it is an alternative source of food. Another important fact is that avocado and maize are native plants from here, so the bear knows them. Maize we know is domesticated but 5000 years ago so that is not a problem, and avocado is a wild plant so it has been known by the bears all their lives, avocado here is endemic."
30. Tilt up of Vasquez entering tree house
31. Mid of Vasquez looking through binoculars
32. Mid top shot of bear walking through avocado trees
33. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Danilo Vasquez, guide, Mirador del Oso Andino
"The truth is, foreigners are very interested in the Paddington film and they want to see the bear, remembering the film. Where is it? What does it do? Does it not attack you? And they leave happy seeing the how peaceful the bear is here. I have only heard about it, I haven´t seen it yet but will see it."
34. Wide of bear walking down valley
35. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Danilo Vasquez, guide, Mirador del Oso Andino
"The thing that has impacted and excited me the most is when I climbed up a ravine and I saw in a tree a mother holding her two young in each arm, like a woman, like a human, in each arm, breastfeeding, there I could see how tender they are and I said no. Every time I fall in love more with the species because of their intelligence, the love they have, it was a completely tender mother, she was not afraid, she started to lick her cubs and started to hold them closer, to protect them. And a lot of other things but these are the biggest impacts I had of fear and happiness."
MIRADOR DEL OSO ANDINO - MANDATORY ONSCREEN CREDIT: MUST READ: "MIRADOR DEL OSO ANDINO"
Imbabura, Ecuador - 3 May 2019
36. Close of mother bear with her two cubs
LEADIN:
One farmer's passion for Andean bears is helping to conserve a colony in Ecuador.
By opening his farm to tourists, Danilo Vasquez is working alongside the local government, biologists and conservationists to protect this vulnerable species.
STORYLINE:
The Andean bear - also known as the spectacled bear - is South America's only native bear species.
It is a vulnerable species, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, because of habitat loss.
The bear is found across the Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina. Here in Ecuador a colony is thriving in this fertile valley.
And it's the valley's fertility and agriculture which is attracting the bears down from the surrounding primary forest.
Ripe avocados are what they want and a family of hungry bears can devour many dollars worth of fruit in a single sitting.
Unsurprisingly most farmers aren't delighted to receive a visit from an Andean bear... all except Danilo Vasquez.
Vasquez, who has lived in this valley all his life, became passionate about bears after a chance encounter as a teenager.
Since then he has dedicated his life to bears, spending hours every day observing and photographing them.
Bears are often falsely accused of killing cattle, but they can't plead innocence for devouring the large corn heads, known locally as choclo. When Vasquez saw local farmers hunting the bears with rifles he knew he had to intervene.
"One time when I saw a bear eating some choclos, I thought, they (the farmers) are surely going to kill them. The day when the owners found the bears in the maize and I could see from here that they took out their rifles, machetes and sticks and they came down chasing the bear and the bear, in desperation, fell into the river, I was desperate and shouted 'don't kill them!' In the afternoon I crossed the river so they would not kill them and I said how much is the damage? They said ten dollars, I said here is 20 but don't kill them. Now they are friends with the bears, people understand that they should not be killed," he says.
It would be impossible for Vasquez to compensate farmers for all the crops the bears eat from his own pocket, so he opened the Mirador del Oso to attract tourists.
Every week he receives around 80 tourists to his farm.
He has built a tree house hide to observe the bears, where he serves as a guide.
Of course tourists need a bit more than bears - especially as Vasquez's remote farm is a 90-minute drive from the nearest city. Therefore he's created a white-knuckle rope swing over the valley and plenty of photo opportunities.
The system is working. The money from the tourists goes to compensate the farmers and the bear population is increasing every year - so the tourists have more chances to see the bears in the wild.
The colony here is now 26 strong. 50 years ago there were no bears in the area.
Of course, the conservation project is bigger than just one man. Vasquez works for Big Mammals Conservation, an Ecuadorian NGO specialising in preserving the country's wildlife.
Big Mammals Conservation received a grant from the local government (Prefectura de Imbabura) to fund trap cameras which are capturing insights into the bears' lives which could never be witnessed without them. The bears are very shy of humans and will flee as soon as they smell them.
Tour operator Roberto Cabrera is visiting for the first time and is impressed with the lookout.
"In my experience this place is totally different, I once heard about it but the truth is I did not imagine to find it so close and in such a short time. Sometimes we do a two day excursion and you only see them far away or sometimes not even see them. For me, the truth is, in the 17 years that I have been a guide this is the best I have seen so far," he says.
Of course the tourism model needs to be ethical. Nobody can cross the valley to disturb or stress the bears.
Despite their size - males weighing well over 100kg - there have been no incidents of bear attacks on humans in the area.
Fidel Rodriguez, a professor of biology from Quito's Central University is visiting the valley on a research expedition.
He explains: "The bears are omnivorous, right, so their diet is varied. We have also heard about cases in Ecuador and around the world where there are conflicts with the bears because they eat your cattle, the cows, so that is another of the problems. Here I don´t think it has gone that far, but yes here they eat your maize, your avocado, the bear does depend on that resource because it is an alternative source of food. Another important fact is that avocado and maize are native plants from here, so the bear knows them. Maize we know is domesticated but 5000 years ago so that is not a problem, and avocado is a wild plant so it has been known by the bears all their lives, avocado here is endemic."
The Andean bear is the inspiration for the popular children's character Paddington.
Few Ecuadorian tourists have heard of Paddington, even Danilo Vasquez has never seen the film, but he hears a lot about him from foreign visitors.
"They leave happy seeing the how peaceful the bear is here. I have only heard about it, I haven't seen it yet but will see it," says Vasquez.
Finding a bear in the wild is as exciting for Vasquez today as it was when he first encountered a bear as a 13-year-old boy.
He is happy to spend his days observing and conserving this big mammal, and of course sharing his passion with visitors.
And when you see this mother (Martina) with her two young cubs (Juancho and Michelle) it's easy to understand how special this vulnerable species is.
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