HUMLA, AUGUST 29
There has been a recommendation for a polling centre in Maspur village in Tajakot Rural Municipality, Humla.
According to Shyam Bahadur Rana, an officer at District Election Office Humla, the recommendation to set up a polling centre at Maspur was been made with the Election Commission by the Polling Centre Recommendation District Committee led by the CDO .
Earlier, this daily had published a news report about the plight of the residents of Maspur village.
They had to spend three days to cast their vote during the recently concluded local level elections. Following the publication of the news report, Election Commission Information Officer and Deputy Spokesperson Surya Prasad Aryal had pledged to set up a polling centre at Maspur village for the upcoming election.
"We, from the district level, have made our recommendation but the decision has to be taken by the Commission," said an employee at the election officer, adding that there was the probability that the village would get a polling centre.
According to local Tek Bahadur Rokaya, up till now, very few people have taken part in the elections. "Who would bother to walk for days just to cast votes?" asked Rokaya, adding, "Earlier, nobody was concerned about their difficulty if they wanted to vote." Maspur has a total of 23 households with a population of 103. According to data with the district election office, the village has 50 voters. Some other people who too are eligible to cast vote are said to had decided not to vote, given the faraway voting centre.
At present, the nearest polling centre for them is the one located at Kailash Preliminary School near the ward office. It takes one day for them to reach the polling centre, the other day to cast vote and yet another day to return home.
Maspur has a total of 23 households with a population of 103
A version of this article appears in the print on August 30, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
