Polling officials reach remote booths for April 17 polls

Posted on 15th Apr 2014 05:30 am by admin

Siliguri, April 15 (IANS) Polling officials Tuesday night reached 16 remote booths in the mountainous terrain of Darjeeling constituency for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal April 17.

As many as 64 polling officials carrying EVMs, candles and other materials and accompanied by security personnel, covered the distance uphill - partly by motor vehicles and partly on foot - since setting out in the morning.

Srikhola Primary School booth - nearly 2,800 m above sea level - is the highest, followed by the Daragaon Junior High School booth and Rammam Forest Primary School booth around 2,600 m above sea level. All are under the Srikhola-Daragaon village panchayat in Bijonbari block in the Darjeeling hills.

The central paramilitary personnel have been included in the Quick Response Teams, said an official.

The troopers alsongside district police personnel have already started route marches in the four constituencies.

The Manebhanjan Group Forest Community Hall polling centre has the least number of voters - 130 - 66 men and 64 women.

Other news

Bengal Tableau not Allowed in R-Day Parade: Trinamool

Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Monday regretted that the state'

Godzilla X Kong The New Empire Review: The magical wonders of Godzilla and Kong, the earth is shaking...

There would hardly be any viewer fond of foreign films who has not seen even a single film made o

Uttarakhand: Poisonous gas leak in Rudrapur, 18 people unconscious so far, SDM also complains of vomiting

Gas Leak In Rudrapur: In the Rudrapur transit camp of Udhamsinghnagar district in Uttarakhand, a

Vote for AAP, says Mamata

Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday urged the people of De

PM Modi canceled rally of West Bengal, mentioned Corona

New Delhi: Terrible situation prevails across the country from Corona. Meanwhile, Prime Minister

Warm Thursday in Delhi

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the mini

JAC 11th Result 2023: Jharkhand Board Class 11 results will be announced soon, see Mark Sheet on jacresults.com

The wait for the results of lakhs of students who appeared in the Jharkhand Board 11th annual exa

India dropped out of the list of top 15 infected countries; Patients recovered three times faster in the country

A year has passed since the onset of the corona epidemic in the country. Last year, the first pat

Star players withdrawing from IPL: After Ashwin and Tie, Zampa and Richardson also withdrew from the tournament; Cited the worsening condition of Corona

The whole country is struggling with the second wave of Corona. More than 3 lakh new infections a

India Sri Lanka Relation: India again came forward to help Sri Lanka struggling with the economic crisis, friend China left

India Sri Lanka Relation: India's neighboring country Sri Lanka is facing the most dangerous econ