Election Commission of India has decided to give special passes to 6.89 lakh divyang or physical challenged voters after identifying their booths so that they can cast their votes.
The highest number of divyang voters 26,771 are in Azamgarh district while the lowest 692 are in Balrampur district.
State Chief Electoral officer (CEO) T Vekatesh said that altogether there are 6,89,029 physically challenged voters in the State.
Vekatesh said that all the district returning officers have been directed to prepare ramps in all the booths where the divyang could cast their votes. All these booths should be in the ground floor, he said.
“Commission would be providing special passes to all the divyang voters so that they can reach the booth without any problem. The physically challenged persons, who cannot move by themselves would be permitted an adult assistance at the booth,” he said.
CEO said that all the booth employees would be trained for being cordial to the physically challenged voters and they would be given priority in the voting. Besides there would be special parking facilities for the divyang at the polling booths.
UP will hold a seven phase Assembly polls in 403 Assembly seats between February 11 to March 8 next. There are around 47,700 polling booths in the State where over 14 crores voters will exercise their franchise.