At least 16 polling centres in the sensitive area of Antagarh have been shifted and relocated temporarily for security reason, officials said on Monday.
The polling will be held in the new centres for the State Assembly election scheduled this month. According to official sources polling centre 119 at the primary school in Kamteda has been relocated at medium English school at Jiram tarai.
Similarly people who were supposed to cast their votes at 120 centre in Sambalpur will have to go to medium English school at the Jiram Tarai. Polling centre 121 at primary school in Kadme has been relocated at medium English school at Nadipara Chargaon village. 122 Kurusboda majhi 0-1 and 123 Kurusboda majhi 0-2 have been relocated at Dongripara chargaon.
The polling centre at Kiskodi and Gattakal has been shifted to Gudabeda and Jiramtarai respectively. Two polling centres at Panidobir and one polling centre at Huratrai have been relocated at Gudabeda. The polling centres at Kamta, Ghotul and Arra have been shifted to Godri, Bodagaon and Koskoda, they said.