On the big day of polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2019, lack of arrangements at some polling booths made it difficult for differently abled persons to cast their votes in some parts of Dehradun.

Collector reviews operations at Tiruvannamalai Collectorate

Thanks to the efforts of Election Commission of India, those with visual impairment can now cast their vote without any assistance in the general and byelections scheduled for April 18.

A demonstration on EVMs with Braille touch and dummy ballot papers was held at the Tiruvannamalai Collectorate where Collector K.S. Kandasamy reviewed the operations in front of a visually-impaired voter Vanitha.

Braille Ballot papers will be used to help the blind vote in the state.
HYDERABAD: For the visually-impaired, voting has always been a harrowing experience. Many of them have, for a long time now, complained that polling booths are not user-friendly. Even at polling stations with Braille ballot papers, issues are many. Some of them have asked the Election Commission to resolve their issues this election. They will find out on Thursday, the day they cast their votes, whether these requests have in fact worked.

At a film screening of the climb, members of the expedition say the experience opened up their minds

There were 13 people on screen, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of 5,895 metres. There were nearly a 100 people in the hall, cheering them on, clapping each time they surmounted an obstacle, shedding a tear at their struggles, rejoicing in their bonding.

Nagpur: The Gadchiroli district administration, keeping  Maoist threats aside, has created special provisions for  around 2,196 challenged voters, including 351 visually  impaired. This is following the directives of the Election  Commission of India (ECI), which has also created a mobile  phone app for ‘PWD’ (person with disability), to help them  seek benefits through it. In Maharashtra, around 2.24 lakh voters with various challenges are on the electoral list.