Present low atmospheric temperature coupled with occasional light rain showers and stormy waves that has halted the relief and rebuilding exercise in snow-fed Himalayan segments of Pithoragarh district and other parts of Uttarakhand, if fails to show improvement in due course of time, may also hamper the smooth conduct of the polling process in some polling booths which are located at over 2,500 meter height in the above mentioned district that falls in the Almora-Pithoragarh parliamentary constituency.
The polling booth at the Government Primary School, Bauna, Munsiyari, in Dharchula Assembly constituency is located at 2,500 meter height, while the polling at the Government Inter College Barabe is located at 2000 meter height in Pithoragarh Assembly constituency, as the District Election Office, Pithoragarh said.
Similarly, there are many a polling booths which are located at high altitudes in other two Assembly segments including Didihat and Gangolihat as the officials concerned informed. More so, apart from high altitude location of some of the polling booths, about 392 polling booths out of 533 are disconnected with road links and are located over 10 to 15 km away from the motorable road.
However, keeping in view the present situation and poor road conditions the Pithoragarh District Election Office has decided to move polling teams three days before the polling day in some polling booths of the district.
As many as 45 polling teams will depart for their respective polling booths in Dharchula Assembly constituency three days before the voting day, while 52 polling teams will leave for their respective polling booths in the same Assembly constituency two days in advance, said H C Semwal, District Election Officer (DEO), Pithoragarh. Similarly, as many as 32 polling teams will leave for their respective polling booths in the aforesaid Assembly constituency a day before the polling, added the official concerned.
Besides, as many as 93 polling parties will leave for their respective polling booths in Didihat Assembly constituency two days before the polling day, while 26 polling personnel teams will reach their respective polling booths in the same assembly constituency a day before the polling day, Semwal further said.
At the same time, as many as 39 polling teams will leave for their respective polling booths in Pithoragarh Assembly constituency two days before the polling day, while 96 polling parties will leave for their respective polling booths in the same Assembly constituency a day before the polling day, as the official concerned of the district election office Pithoragarh said.
More so, as many as 39 polling parties will leave for their respective polling booths in the Gangolihat Assembly segment two days before the polling day, while 96 polling parties will reach their respective polling booths in the same assembly constituency a day before the polling day, further said the officials concerned.