Parukutty, a centenarian, casts her vote utilizing the house voting possibility at her home close to Beypore in Kozhikode on Thursday.
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Poll officers covered over 5,000 voters in Kozhikode district who had earlier submitted requests to train the house voting possibility launched by the election authorities to assist senior residents above 85 years of age and people listed beneath Persons with Disabilities class.Â
Parukutty, a centenarian from Beypore, was the seniormost voter to train her house voting possibility in the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday. The crew reached her doorstep round 12.30 p.m. to finish the formalities.
Parukutty, who was born in 1924, was elated over the house service and exchanged pleasantries with ballot officers. She additionally escorted them to the veranda of her home after casting her vote..
Booth-level officers (BLO) who made the fundamental preparations for house voting in varied places mentioned they had been getting a really cordial response from the aged and in a different way abled voters. They additionally dismissed allegations that BLOs weren’t giving well timed data to voters in regards to the arrival time of ballot officers.
According to the election authorities, the door-step-service can be made obtainable to 15,404 voters in Kozhikode district by April 20. There are 4,873 in a different way abled folks and 10,531 aged persons who’re eligible for exercising the house voting possibility, they mentioned.
