District admn creates awareness among transgenders, disabled voters

Ludhiana | Saturday | 30th March, 2019

Summary:

Effort is also on to identify PwD voters to help them reach polling stations on the day of election. To create awareness, a special event is also being planned for PwD voters by the administration next month.For PwD voters, a special mobile application has also been launched from where they can get information about the polling stations. Ludhiana: Under the ongoing systematic voters’ education and electoral participation (SVEEP) activities, the district administration has prepared a special programme for the transgender voters and people with disabilities (PwD), to urge them to cast their votes. The officials said that they have already started the verification of the PwD voters — they have already traced 5,099 PwD voters.However, the officials claimed that it is difficult to get transgender people enrol in the voters’ list. The officials are conducting meetings with transgender people..