Over 70% polling registered in Vellore, Ranipet districts; Tirupattur records 62%
The Hindu
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Vellore and Ranipet districts registered over 70% of polling in the first phase of rural local body elections on Wednesday. Tirupattur district recorded 62% polling.
In Vellore, the voter turnout was 73.50%. The district has 800 polling booths in Katpadi, Gudiyatham, K.V. Kuppam and Perambut panchayat unions.
Ranipet, with a population of 3,00,404 persons including 1,53,838 women voters, recorded 74.50% in its 653 booths covering Arcot, Walajah and Thimiri panchayat unions.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.