Rural pockets of Kanpur witness impressive voting

KANPUR: Rural and semi-rural pockets of the district witnessed a huge turnout of voters during the fifth phase of assembly election on Thursday. Long queues of voters were visible at many polling stations in Bithoor, Maharajpur, Billhaur, Kalyanpur and Ghatampur assembly constituencies.
The highest turnout of voters was in Bithoor constituency where 63.68% voters turned up to vote.Billhaur recorded 60.92% polling, Ghatampur 57.5%, Maharajpur 57.9% and semi-rural Kalyanpur reported 50.62% voting till 5 pm.
The politically sensitive Maharajpur constituency remained calm and no untoward instances, except verbal arguments, were reported from this area.
Personnel of para-military forces were posted at sensitive booths in all assembly constituencies.
A micro observer at Ram Lala Inter College in semi-rural Kalyanpur assembly said that polling was slow till 8 am, but it picked up gradually in the second half of the day.
At a basic primary school polling station in Singhpur Kachhar, Bithoor, long queues of voters were witnessed till 5 pm.
In Ishwariganj village of Bithoor too, one could see a huge number of voters standing in long queues at around 5 pm. The area of 200 metres demarcated as ‘no disturbance zone’ remained under the close watch of para-military forces and election observers, thus giving no opportunity to mischievous elements to play spoilsport.
"One could hardly see any political activity in the periphery of 200 metres," said Kake Singh, a voter in Dhankaupur on Mainawati Marg. Roadside dhabas, tea kiosks and other small shops near polling booths remained closed at most of the places.
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