Electronic voting machines, and all necessary materials
required for the election scheduled for Thursday were moved to all the
1,620 polling booths in Krishnagiri, Veppanahalli, Uthangarai, Bargur,
Hosur, and Thally from the Krishnagiri Collectorate on Wednesday.
Zonal
officers accompanied the polling materials. Arrangements have been made
to help differently abled persons to exercise their franchise.
They
will be assisted by security personal, wheel chairs will be provided,
if needed. Facilities such as toilets, and provide drinking water have
been arranged in all the polling booths.
Polling
materials were moved to the lone polling booth at Ekkalnatham, a village
atop a hill in Veppanahalli assembly segment, using donkeys. The
village is situated 3.5km above the plains. The polling booth at
Ekkalnatham Panchayat Union Middle School was established for the first
time during the last Lok Sabha elections.
Polling
booths have been set up in other hilltop villages such as Ulibanda,
Uduparani, Belpatti, Kottaiyur, Athinatham, Thottamanju, Kotakarai,
Tholuvapetta, Sithapuram, Onnepuram, Bettamugilalam, Manjukondapalli and
Mallahalli and three in Urigam village coming under the Thali Assembly
segment.
In Dharmapuri, polling materials including
EVMs, were moved to all the 1,615 polling booths. Donkeys were used to
move the materials to booths in Kotturmalai and Erimalai under the
Vattuvanalli panchayat.
