Ramgarh records 80% turnout
With Ramgarh block recording about 80 percent polling followed by Dhari block with 78 per cent and Okhalkanda block with 70.39 per cent in Nainital district, the voting for different posts of panchayat went off in a peaceful manner here on Wednesday.
The voters exercised their franchise for electing gram pradhan, member of regional panchayat and member of jila panchayat in Dhari, Ramgarh and Okhalkanda blocks of Nainital district on Wednesday.
The polling for different posts of panchayat started from 7 on Wednesday morning and continued till 5 in the evening. During his visit to some of the polling booths of the Dhari and Ramgarh blocks, District Election Officer (DEO), Nainital Akshat Gupta, directed the officials concerned to ensure that all the voters have exercised their franchise.
He also asked the officials concerned to ensure smooth conduct of polling. Similarly, the polling held for different posts of panchayat in Sitarganj and Khatima blocks in first phase in Udham Singh Nagar on Wednesday went off peacefully.
The polling for different posts of panchayat also went off peacefully in many other blocks of other districts of Kumaon including Pithoragarh, Almora and Champawat, as the officials concerned informed. With the first round of polling complete, second and third phases polling will be held on June 21 and on June 24 in different blocks of the region.