Special measures to attract women voters in Nalbari district

The Nalbari district administration in Assam has taken a number of particular measures to attract women voters throughout the upcoming state meeting election, an official mentioned.

The particular measures embody polling stations in which all of the polling officers and safety personnel will probably be women, the official mentioned.

All the highest district administration official of Nalbari are women. The Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, three further deputy commissioners of the district are all women.

Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer Purabi Konwar advised PTI that 19 polling stations in Nalbari will probably be utterly managed by women workers and safety personnel with a view for women empowerment in exercising their franchise.

The deputy commissioner mentioned the choice to arrange such polling stations managed by women was taken to encourage women voters.

Even an unique zone and a sector can even be managed by women officers, the DC mentioned, including that women managed polling stations will probably be arrange in all of the three Assembly segments of Nalbari, Barkshetri and Dharmapur going to the hustings in the third and final part on April 6.

For safety goal, all such women polling stations will probably be arrange at city and Chowk areas (central market areas) of the district.

“Women employees who recently completed their necessary training are very enthusiastic to perform their election duty. Special accommodation will also be provided to the women employees on poll duty”, the DC mentioned.

She mentioned to attract the women electors the administration pasted voter consciousness stickers on 5000 LPG cooking fuel cylinders, apart from holding a collection of consciousness conferences, avenue performs in women schools in the district to attract the brand new women voters.

Elections to the 126-member Assam meeting will probably be held in three phases on March 27, April one and April six.