One Polling Station in Kaski District Remains Inaccessible by Road

Kaski. Out of 153 polling stations in Kaski, one polling station remains without road access. Shiv Lamsal, Assistant Chief District Officer of Kaski, informed that the polling station in Chhumrung of Annapurna Rural Municipality-11, which falls under Constituency No. 3 of Kaski with three constituencies, has not yet been reached by road. He stated that it takes about two hours to walk from Jhinju, where road access is available, to reach that polling station.

Dhaulashri Secondary School polling station in Chhumrung, which lacks road access, has 785 voters. Dilip Gurung, Secretary of the Chhumrung Tourism Management Committee and a local resident, informed that voters going to cast their ballots at this polling station walk for two and a half hours from Ghurjung, two hours from Kimrung Khola, and two hours from Sinuwa. According to him, differently-abled voters in this area use horses to reach the polling station.

Out of the total polling stations in the district, 136 are in schools, 14 are in ward offices, and three are in community buildings. Assistant Chief District Officer Lamsal also informed that on-site monitoring of polling stations, including physical infrastructure and security arrangements, is currently underway.

He further stated that monitoring of polling stations in Machhapuchhre and Rupa Rural Municipalities has already been completed, and monitoring of some polling stations in Annapurna and Pokhara Metropolitan City is in progress.