At many booths in Najafgarh, the voting percentage remained very low till 1 pm. After this, the people along with the RWA got some e-rickshaws etc. arranged in the village so that the voters could come out. Only 273 out of 1100 voters voted till 1 pm in Mitraon village. On the other hand, even after voting in the polling station built in Surheda’s school, many people stayed inside the station. Because of this there was a crowd inside the polling station. After this the police became active and started evicting such people. At the same time, arrangements were made to give entry to the people coming inside the polling station only after checking the voting slips. There were many such people in the polling booth built in the school of Mitraon village, who were not able to know where to vote. In Kair village also very few people came for voting till around 12 noon.
In many places in the rural areas, enthusiasm was visible among the elders. Villagers had started coming to most of the polling booths since morning. At many places there was some slow voting at first, but after 10 o’clock the crowd of people started increasing. The maximum enthusiasm was seen in the elders of the village. 90-year-old Ratiram, who came out of the polling station in Sannaut village, told that he was the first one in the house to cast his vote. Normalcy prevailed at most of the polling booth stations in Outer Delhi. This includes Narela, Bhorgarh, Bawana JJ Colony, Bawana village, Dariapur, Bajitpur, Nangal Thakran, Qutubgarh Jaunti, Ghevra and Rani Kheda villages. Laxman, a 104-year-old elder of Sannoth village, also reached with his family to cast his vote. 101-year-old Chaudhary Lakhmi Ram Sehrawat, who came to the polling station near Bawana Chowk, told that he had cast his vote first and then is now sitting here to have refreshments.
There was no arrangement for the elderly at the polling booth
The elders were reaching the polling booth to cast their vote along with their family members, but most of the polling booth stations here did not even have wheelchair facilities. This time there was no arrangement for volunteers from the Delhi Election Commission. Most of the family members themselves were engaged in taking their elders from the school gate to the EVM machine to cast their vote. Not even a single wheelchair was present at polling station number 10-11 of Bawana. Even the chairs were not arranged by the Election Commission. The residential area is about 1 kilometer away from the polling number 11,12 of Qutubgarh, due to which the people coming here were doing the work of bringing and taking the family members in their private vehicles.
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Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com”