2024-05-11 00:32:45
Balrampur: Voters in remote areas of Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Balrampur district on Tuesday crossed hilly roads and rivers to reach polling stations to cast their votes. Balrampur district falls in Surguja Lok Sabha constituency. Surguja is one of the seven seats where voting took place in the third and last phase of the general elections.
According to the Election Commission, 75.26 percent voting was recorded in Surguja Lok Sabha constituency. Officials said voters belonging to the particularly vulnerable tribal group Pahari Korwa, including Rajesh, Madan, Sukhu, Gopal and Nandlal, crossed the river to exercise their franchise at the polling booth at Amera, a gram panchayat in Samari assembly constituency. of. He said that similarly, voters including Lakhan Nagesia, Sahu, Phulsai and Kalesh of Bachhwar village of Ramanujganj assembly constituency crossed the difficult hilly terrain and covered a distance of eight kilometers on foot to reach the polling station and cast their vote.
Reached polling booth riding on horse
Voters said that voting is the right of every citizen, hence one should vote. Officials said that a voter Parimal Dey reached the polling booth riding on a horse in Sagarpur village under Ramanujganj assembly seat. Dey is a cattle farmer who has 150 goats. He graze his cattle riding his horse. Officials said that voters also cast their votes in large numbers in Chunchuna and Pundag, two highly sensitive polling stations located in the Naxal-affected areas of the district. These polling stations border Jharkhand. Both the polling stations are located in Samari assembly constituency.
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Voting enthusiasm amid Naxalite threat: He said that special security arrangements were made in the area to ensure peaceful voting. Voters of Chunchuna and Pudang braved the Naxalite threat and ensured their participation in the festival of democracy. Officials said Chunchuna polling station has 767 voters and 84.35 percent voting took place, while Pundag has 595 voters and 72.44 percent voting took place till 5 pm.