Chaupals to be orgnanized in villages

Meerut | Sunday | 15th January, 2017

Summary:

Officials will visit the villages and hand out booklets based on democratic values. Bijnor: Keeping in mind the upcoming elections, district administration is all set to educate people on how to use their franchise. There are about 25 lakh voters in the district who will cast their vote for eight assembly seats on 2639 polling booths in the district. We will take the views of the villagers how we can increase the voting percentage,” said chief development officer, Indramani Tripathi. Officials are being sent out to remote corners of the district where chaupals are being set up at places which recorded a poor turonout in the last elections.“We are set to organise chaupals in every village of the district and are trying to achieve of having a 80% voter turnout..