TN Assembly polls | Polling staff hope for better facilities this time
The Hindu
Over four lakh government employees and school and college teachers, who have been assigned election duty are hoping for better facilities in the polling stations they will be assigned to, a day before the polling day on April 6.
The complaints about the lack of basic amenities in the place they have to stay in, the availability of food near the polling station on polling day, the absence of transport services in case the station was located in a remote location are among the factors that make them reluctant in accepting polling duty, they say.
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