In order to enable and make it more convenient for voters to exercise their franchise in the Vidhan Sabha elections 2017, the Uttarakhand chief electoral officer Radha Raturi informed that the day of polling on February 15 has been declared as a public holiday with the banks, treasury and sub-treasuries of the areas falling in the election areas also slated to remain closed on the polling day.
Raturi further informed that public holiday on February 15 had been declared for workers and labourers employed in all industrial enterprises and all governmental and non-governmental offices, educational institutions, labourers, workers in commercial establishments and shops.
Further, on the day of polling, all the banks, treasury and sub-treasury located in the election areas will also remain closed.