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Two 'special' polling centers in Baitadi
Two polling centers, among 174, fixed for the June 28 second phase of local level elections in Baitadi are to be handled by persons with physical disabilities and women and have been recognised as special polling places.Two polling centers, among 174, fixed for the June 28 second phase of local level elections in Baitadi are to be handled by persons with physical disabilities and women and have been recognised as special polling places.
The Dashrath Municipality has a polling center solely handled by disabled and there will be all female employees to conduct the election at a polling center based in Patan Municipality-6, according to District Election Officer Madhav Prasad Phuyal.
Six employees with physical disabilities including Jeet Bahadur Rokaya as the voting officer have been deputed to run the Gurukhola ' B' polling center at the Dashrath Municipality while the polling center fixed at Pantauda Secondary School in Patan Municipality- 6 has all five female employees. It is headed by assistant voting officer Nirmala Khanal
The district has altogether four municipalities and six rural municipalities where 174 polling centers have been set up for 124,824 voters. RSS