Kerala Assembly elections | Coastal belt in Thiruvananthapuram witnesses brisk polling, but few queues
The Hindu
Heavy security at polling stations designated ‘critical booths’
The coastal belt in the district witnessed brisk polling throughout the day on Tuesday. However, in contrast to the previous elections, serpentine queues were missing, with the district administration increasing the number of polling booths in view of the COVID-19 scenario. Several polling stations, prominently St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School in Vettucaud, St. Antony’s Higher Secondary School in Valiyathura and Leo XIII Higher Secondary School in Pulluvila, had nearly 10 booths within their premises to prevent crowding. Auxiliary booths were arranged in most places to ensure that only a maximum of 1,000 voters were allotted the same booth.
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