This story is from October 29, 2020

No long queue of voters at polling booths in Buxar

No long queue of voters at polling booths in Buxar
BUXAR: At the booth No 93, 93 (A), 96 and 96 (A), which were set up at the Maharani Usha Rani Plus Two Girls High School, it was a different experience for the voters in pandemic times.
Since it is the first election during Covid-19 in the country, the district administration had made special arrangements. No long queues of voters were seen at all the four booths which had a total number of 2,583 voters.
At the entry point, one Asha worker Madhuri Devi was deployed for thermal screening of voters.
One paramedical staff, who was a woman, was also present at the gate. Before entering the school building, the voters were asked to clean their hands with sanitizer. The polling officials provided gloves.
The administration had also placed bins for throwing used disposable gloves. “The polling began at all the four booths at 7.15 am. We took special care for cleanliness at the booth. Voters were curios to see the process of thermal screening at the entry point of the polling stations,” said sector magistrate Gaurishankar Singh.
According to him, there was a complaint regarding the functioning of VVPAT machine at booth number 95, housed in the Girls’ Middle School. “We changed it immediately,” he further added.
All the members of the polling party were also taking care to prevent the spread of the Covid-19. Some of the polling staff also wore face shields.
Incidentally, there was no lack of enthusiasm among the voters despite the elections being held during the pandemic age. Shreya Jaiswal, a student of MGM Medical College, was one among the first-time voter. Accompanied by Priyanshu Shekhar, Shreya said she has specially come from Kishanganj to cast her vote. “My priority is development,” she told this reporter at the polling booth.
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