5 state polls: MPVLto provide 5.04 L ink bottles

Shilpa P. | NT

Mysuru: The Election Commission of India has placed orders for 5,04,400 bottles (ten cubic capacity phials) of indelible liquid ink worth Rs 8.96 crore at Mysuru based Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL), to mark the fingers of voters in the upcoming assembly elections in five states.

The MPVL has already delivered the order for the phials to four states, and fifty percent of the phials for elections in Uttar Pradesh. MPVL is the only public sector company authorised to produce the indelible ink for elections for the entire country.

According to MPVL Chairperson, Mr N V Panish, the Election Commission had placed order for the indelible liquid ink at MPVL in November 2021 itself. They started manufacturing the ink in December 2021 itself. They have already delivered 62,000 phials for the assembly elections in Punjab, 30,000 phials for the Uttarkhand assembly elections, 7400 phials for Manipur and 5000 phials for Goa. They have delivered 2 lakh phials for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, and they will be delivering the remaining 2 lakh phials for the UP elections in the next three days, he said.

Mr Panish also informed that, with each 10cc ml phial, the fingers of 700 to 800 people can be marked with the indelible ink.