HoR election: 1,442 employees to be deployed in Baitadi

Dasarath Chand (Baitadi), Feb 1: More than 1,400 employees are to be deployed in Baitadi for the upcoming House of Representatives member election scheduled to be held on coming March 5. According to the District Election Office, 1,442 employees will be deployed in 214 polling stations.

Election Office Chief Khagendra Bharati shared that details have been requested from government offices here for the mobilization of employees for the election. He said that the work of collecting details of employees to be deployed in the election and mobilizing them will be taken forward within a few days.

There are 11 candidates in Baitadi standing for a lone constituency in the district with 156,372 voters. Out of them, 78,987 are men, 77,383 are women and two fall under the 'other' category. Eight employees will be deployed in polling stations with more than 500 voters and seven in centers with less than that, shared Information Officer Naresh Dayal.

From a security perspective, 33 polling stations in the district have been placed on the highly sensitive list. According to the District Security Committee, out of 129 polling stations, 33 have been classified as highly sensitive, 28 as sensitive and 68 as general.(RSS)