As the district election office, Nainital, is all set to observe the National Voters’ Day on January 25 following the direction of the Election Commission of India, winners of the students’ essay competition to be held on this occasion will be awarded with prize money.The district election office, Nainital, has asked the district education department to hold essay competitions on the occasion in every college across the district. Students getting first, second and third positions in this essay competition at district level will be awarded prize money Rs2,000, Rs1,500 and Rs1,000 respectively, said Deepak Rawat, District Magistrate, Nainital.
More so, voters aged 100 years and new voters of 18 years will also be honoured on the occasion, added Rawat. Side by side, the district election office Nainital will also organise voter awareness rallies in different parts of the district on the occasion, further said the officials concerned of the district election office Nainital. The district election office Nainital has also directed all the Assistant Returning Officers and SDMs to organise programmes to mark the day in their respective areas to create awareness among the people about the importance of voting in a democracy.
Similar voter awareness programmes will also be organised to mark the day on January 25 in other districts of the Kumaon division also. This is the fifth National Voters Day to be observed across the country on Saturday. To mark the occasion, progrmmes will be organsied in all government departments, schools and other educational institutions in Udham Singh Nagar from 11 am on Saturday, said the officials of the district election office, Udham Singh Nagar.