Voters in Maha's Satara make 'bridge' to reach polling booth (IANS Special)
By RAJNISH SINGHNew Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Facing a tramp through muddy waters to go and cast their ballots in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Monday, voters in a village in the state’s Satara ingeniously built a makeshift bridge of tractor-trolleys to reach the polling booth.Kambleshwar village in Phaltan taluka was water-logged due to sporadically heavy rains in the Pune region for the past couple of days, and though the weather improved on Monday when polling began for the 288 Assembly seats, the muddy waters remained a hindrance.To overcome the situation, the villagers in Kambleshwar, located 71 km east from district headquarters Satara and 232 km from Mumbai, constructed a temporary bridge by putting together six tractor-trollies to take voters to the polling station in a government-run primary school without getting their feet wet.Two polling booth — number 351 and 352 — were established in the school for the voters.The innovative method of the villagers, facilitated by the state administration, earned quick attention of the Election Commission and its spokesperson took to Twitter to post the image of the bridge being used by the voters.”Despite heavy rains, voters being facilitated by innovative, available means! @ Polling stations 351 and 352.
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