Election Officials Inspect Highly Sensitive Polling Stations in Remote Dang District

Dang. A team led by the Chief Election Officer of Dang inspected two highly sensitive polling stations in remote areas of the district, deprived of physical infrastructure, in view of the House of Representatives election scheduled for this coming Falgun 21.

The team, led by Chief Election Officer Prakash Prasad Pandit and including heads of security agencies from Tulsipur, monitored the polling station located at Janakalyan Basic School in Bhangabari, Bheri Rural Municipality-1, which is designated as highly sensitive, and the polling station at Saraswati Janata Secondary School in Gangate, located in the same ward.

During the inspection, the team gathered information regarding the geographical condition of the polling stations, security risks, transportation, communication, drinking water, and other related matters. Chief Election Officer Pandit informed that the team also inquired about arrangements for the accommodation of election staff deployed at the polling stations. Both these polling stations are situated in remote and inaccessible locations. These areas are known as the Karnali of Dang.

The monitoring team included Deputy Secretary Pushpa Paudel, Chief of Dang Area Administration Office Tulsipur; Deputy Superintendent of Police Ram Prasad Bhandari, Chief of Armed Police Force Security Base Camp Tulsipur; Officer Chandra Bahadur Sinjali of Constituency No. 3; Assistant Election Officer Bhupal Bhandari of Constituency No. 2; and the Chief of Rastriya Samachar Samiti Dang, among others.

According to Election Officer Sinjali, Constituency No. 3 of Dang has 56 polling stations and 169 polling centers. He informed that among these, five polling stations have been listed as highly sensitive.