HUBBALLI: The district Systematic Voter’s Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) committee is making an attempt its easiest to entice younger electorate to the polling sales space on April 23. SVEEP and the social welfare division right here have introduced the ‘Take a selfie with inked finger and get a prize’ power in Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency.
SVEEP committee district chairman B C Satish told TOI, “Today’s younger technology has the habit of taking selfies. So, we stumble on the idea of encouraging first time younger electorate to take a selfie outdoor their polling sales space flaunting the inked finger and send it to WhatsApp numbers allocated to them in the public domain.”
“They can also send selfies fascinated about their friends and members of the family after exercising their franchise and within 24 hours of voting. The committee participants will check the entire selfies sent by way of first time electorate and we can give rewards to the most productive individual, workforce and circle of relatives selfies. We will give incentives and gift coupons to the winners,” stated Satish.
N Muniraju, joint director, social welfare division, Dharwad stated, “We have requested each and every inmate of 18 college hostels who are eligible to vote to send selfies with an inked finger. The inmates must send selfies showing the inked finger to wardens of their respective hostels. The warden will forward the pictures to the dept’s WhatsApp workforce and our officers will scrutinize each and every selfie and announce rewards.”
Free access at parks
Showing your inked finger may also get you free access in to parks in the town. On April 23, access is free at Sadhankeri Park, KC Park in Dharwad, Mahatma Gandhi Park and Unkal Lake Park for all people who have voted.
HDMC charges a most access fee of Rs 10 at its parks. HDMC commissioner Prashant Kumar Mishra hoped this initiative will assist increase polling in the twin cities. With April 23 being a holiday, the selection of visitors to parks is expected to be prime. Jyothi Kumar, a pupil, stated the associated fee waiver used to be now not an excessive amount of however added that the initiative will create awareness among electorate.
25 Ola cabs will supply free rides
Cab aggregator Ola will ferry bodily challenged and different needy individuals to polling booths on April 23 totally free. It will surrender 25 cabs to the district SVEEP committee on Tuesday in the twin cities. It may also give 25 cabs in Belagavi and 10 each and every in Ballari and Kalaburagi.
District SVEEP chairman B C Satish stated they have hired 787 automobiles to ferry greater than 13,000 bodily challenged individuals in the district to polling booths. “Out the 787, Ola is giving 25 cabs in Hubballi-Dharwad. Those who need a journey could make a request at the Chunavana app or by way of calling the helpline quantity 1950 and offering their EPIC quantity,” he stated. Each automobile can be accompanied by way of a multipurpose rehabilitation employee, he added.
Ola town supervisor Lalit Silaveri the company had equipped this provider in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru on April 18. “We may also ferry pregnant ladies and senior voters,” he added.
SVEEP committee district chairman B C Satish told TOI, “Today’s younger technology has the habit of taking selfies. So, we stumble on the idea of encouraging first time younger electorate to take a selfie outdoor their polling sales space flaunting the inked finger and send it to WhatsApp numbers allocated to them in the public domain.”
“They can also send selfies fascinated about their friends and members of the family after exercising their franchise and within 24 hours of voting. The committee participants will check the entire selfies sent by way of first time electorate and we can give rewards to the most productive individual, workforce and circle of relatives selfies. We will give incentives and gift coupons to the winners,” stated Satish.
N Muniraju, joint director, social welfare division, Dharwad stated, “We have requested each and every inmate of 18 college hostels who are eligible to vote to send selfies with an inked finger. The inmates must send selfies showing the inked finger to wardens of their respective hostels. The warden will forward the pictures to the dept’s WhatsApp workforce and our officers will scrutinize each and every selfie and announce rewards.”
Free access at parks
Showing your inked finger may also get you free access in to parks in the town. On April 23, access is free at Sadhankeri Park, KC Park in Dharwad, Mahatma Gandhi Park and Unkal Lake Park for all people who have voted.
HDMC charges a most access fee of Rs 10 at its parks. HDMC commissioner Prashant Kumar Mishra hoped this initiative will assist increase polling in the twin cities. With April 23 being a holiday, the selection of visitors to parks is expected to be prime. Jyothi Kumar, a pupil, stated the associated fee waiver used to be now not an excessive amount of however added that the initiative will create awareness among electorate.
25 Ola cabs will supply free rides
Cab aggregator Ola will ferry bodily challenged and different needy individuals to polling booths on April 23 totally free. It will surrender 25 cabs to the district SVEEP committee on Tuesday in the twin cities. It may also give 25 cabs in Belagavi and 10 each and every in Ballari and Kalaburagi.
District SVEEP chairman B C Satish stated they have hired 787 automobiles to ferry greater than 13,000 bodily challenged individuals in the district to polling booths. “Out the 787, Ola is giving 25 cabs in Hubballi-Dharwad. Those who need a journey could make a request at the Chunavana app or by way of calling the helpline quantity 1950 and offering their EPIC quantity,” he stated. Each automobile can be accompanied by way of a multipurpose rehabilitation employee, he added.
Ola town supervisor Lalit Silaveri the company had equipped this provider in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru on April 18. “We may also ferry pregnant ladies and senior voters,” he added.
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