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Elections 2019: EC sets special polling booths for differently-abled
Updated On: 13 May, 2019 03:05 PM IST | | ANI
More than 400 polling officials have assigned duties across 106 polling booths, while 80 polling officials have been kept on the reserve list

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The state administration has set up an auxiliary polling booth at the Institution for Children with Special Abilities at Sundernagar in Mandi Lok Sabha constituency for the last phase of the Parliamentary elections on May 19.
"This year Election Commission's motto is to make voting accessible for specially-abled persons. We have set up an auxiliary polling booth at Institution for Children with Special Abilities to facilitate voting for the visually and hearing impaired students. The administration has sensitized people beside this audio signage, visual film, ramps, and wheelchairs facilities will be provided," said Dr Amit Kumar Sharma, SDM, Sunder Nagar.
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