Polling booths on ground floor come in handy for many
In what could be the first step towards making polls more inclusive towards persons with disabilities (PwDs) and senior citizens, the Election Commission of India (EC) ensured that nearly all polling centres in the city had booths on the ground floor by erecting makeshift pandals, which were otherwise on upper floors.
Several voters welcomed the move stating that it had resolved many issues faced by PwDs in the recent Lok Sabha polls. Shailesh Kulkarni, who has cerebral palsy and runs his own advertising business, said the experience this time was much better than during the LS elections. “The help provided by students was really praiseworthy. While my polling booth was on the ground floor, it is a good move that they have decided to erect these pandals.”
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