With delimitation of the gram panchayats for the upcoming panchayat polls, the Nainital district administration is going to set up 507 polling centres and 834 polling booths across the district.
In view of the upcoming panchayat polls, the delimitation process of the gram panchayats has been completed. According to the delimitation of the gram panchayats, as many as 507 polling centres and 834 polling booths will be set up across the district, said Arvind Singh Hyanki, District Magistrate, Nainital.
In the meanwhile, the Nainital District Magistrate also said that these panchayat elections will be conducted in three phases and final publication of the voter lists will be started from June 17. And after their final publication, these voter lists will be put on display at every block for the people so that they could check their names in the lists, he added.
As the officials concerned have informed that notification for the panchayat polls may be issued by third week of July. The interesting fact is that though the civic polls were recently conducted here on the basis of the 2001 Census, the panchayat elections will be held across the State as per the 2011 Census, as the officials concerned said, emphasising on the need to ensure enrollment of all the eligible voters in the voter list.
Besides, the officials concerned have also stressed on the need to conduct the panchayat polls free and fair manner so that voters could taken part in these panchayat polls in big number.