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| Poll material to airlifted to Ladakh | | | Early Times report
Srinagar, May 2: Authorities have submitted a detailed plan to Election Commission (EC) for arranging sufficient air sorties to airlift poll material and staff to the cut off areas in Ladakh parliamentary constituency, going to polls on May 13.
Official sources said a number of far flung and remote areas remained cut off from the district headquarters in the constituency due to snow.
Since it was not possible to take the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), other poll material and staff to these cut off areas by road, the EC has been approached for arranging air sorties, they said adding the roads to these areas remained closed due to snow.
Satish Nehru, District Election Officer of Kargil, a border town which hit the headlines in 1999 after Pakistan intruders occupied almost all heights, said today all arrangements has been finalised to conduct free, fair and peaceful polls in the district, which is part of the Ladakh constituency.
He said men and materials for 49 polling stations of Zanskar Sub Division, which remained cut off since December last year, were being airlifted from Kargil to Padum.
He said a detailed plan has been submitted to the EC for arrangement of sufficient number of air sorties.
Nehru said that 237 polling stations were being set up in the district for 77,502 voters, including 38,615 women.
He also said 37 polling stations have been declared as hyper sensitive while 35 polling stations have been declared as sensitive polling stations.
Nehru said for smooth, peaceful, free and fair conduct of Parliamentary polls and to implement Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in letter and spirit, the district has been divided into 17 zones and 42 sectors.
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