Jharsuguda by-poll: 41.26 per cent polling recorded till 1 pm
By Express News Service
JHARSUGUDA: 41.26 per cent polling has been recorded till 1 pm in Odisha’s Jharsuguda by-poll on Wednesday, amid blistering local weather conditions.
The polling is underway all through 253 cubicles. Polling commenced at 7 am and bought off to a gradual start. Only 9.75 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise until 9 AM. The turnout went as a lot as 20.38 per cent by 11 am.
However, post-noon there was an increase in polling and it went as a lot as 41.26 per cent by 1 pm. All the three candidates throughout the fray, along with BJD’s Deepali Das, BJP’s Tankadhar Tripathy and Congress’s Tarun Pandey cast their votes via the preliminary hours of polling.
While the temperature of Jharsuguda was between 34 ranges to 39 ranges till noon, it’d shoot as a lot as 43 ranges till late afternoon, said the regional Met office in Bhubaneswar.
Keeping in view the current local weather state of affairs, ample measures have been taken to ensure the voters in queue cast their votes with none hassles. The polling cubicles in open areas have been prepare with preparations for shelter from the photo voltaic.
Similarly, water spray is getting used every now and then to keep up the gross sales house areas cooler. Voters are moreover being provided lemonade, ORS and watermelons for hydration. Tight security preparations have been made all through all the cubicles and no untoward incident has been reported so far. The polling course of is happening simply, said a police officer.
JHARSUGUDA: 41.26 per cent polling has been recorded till 1 pm in Odisha’s Jharsuguda by-poll on Wednesday, amid blistering local weather conditions.
The polling is underway all through 253 cubicles. Polling commenced at 7 am and bought off to a gradual start. Only 9.75 per cent of voters had exercised their franchise until 9 AM. The turnout went as a lot as 20.38 per cent by 11 am.
However, post-noon there was an increase in polling and it went as a lot as 41.26 per cent by 1 pm. All the three candidates throughout the fray, along with BJD’s Deepali Das, BJP’s Tankadhar Tripathy and Congress’s Tarun Pandey cast their votes via the preliminary hours of polling.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
While the temperature of Jharsuguda was between 34 ranges to 39 ranges till noon, it’d shoot as a lot as 43 ranges till late afternoon, said the regional Met office in Bhubaneswar.
Keeping in view the current local weather state of affairs, ample measures have been taken to ensure the voters in queue cast their votes with none hassles. The polling cubicles in open areas have been prepare with preparations for shelter from the photo voltaic.
Similarly, water spray is getting used every now and then to keep up the gross sales house areas cooler. Voters are moreover being provided lemonade, ORS and watermelons for hydration. Tight security preparations have been made all through all the cubicles and no untoward incident has been reported so far. The polling course of is happening simply, said a police officer.
