Bihar panchayat polls: Nomination process begins in 4 blocks of Katihar district

KATIHAR: The process of panchayat elections in the four blocks of Kursela, Katihar, Hasanganj and Dandkhora in the district began with filing of nomination papers on Tuesday. Katihar has 90 polling booths. District magistrate (DM) Udayan Mishra said all arrangements had been made to conduct free and fair polls in the district.
“The EVMs are ready. Counting of votes would be done on a centralised basis at the district headquarters.The strongrooms and the counting centres are being prepared at the Bazaar Samiti," he said.
"The ballot boxes to be used for election to the post of sarpanch and panch have been painted. Training of polling staff is going on," he said.
Katihar has 51,879 voters, including 26,523 males, 25,348 females and 8 others. Kursela has 29,685 electors, including 15,251 males. Similraly, Hasanganj has 43,534 voters and Dandkhora 46,750, including 23,603 males and six belonging to other categories.