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Pune: Voters from upmarket Koregaon Park, Kalyaninagar and Vimannagar said that there were significant improvements in booth management and voter identification procedures compared to the previous elections. "This time it was quite hassle-free as voter slips were already given. I wrapped it up in five minutes," Rashmi Bassi from Vimannagar said.
Anushka Tyagi, a 21-year-old from Vimannagar said it was a smooth process but she had to wait for 10 minutes before casting her vote. Fiftysix-year-old Manoj Phulpagar, a resident of Lane 5 in Koregaon Park, said during the Lok Sabha poll her name had disappeared and she could not vote. "I met the collector and told him my concern and within some days my name was included.
I could vote again," Phulpagar said. Sri Sant Gadge Maharaj Vidyalaya in Koregaon Park which had eight booths was bustling with people. "The arrangements were good but carrying phones became a hassle for many," Kadambari Singhani, who lives in Lane 5, said.
Voters who went to PMC's Lakshminabi School on Nagar Road and Magarpatta Public School returned without voting as they were allocated a different booth. Forty-year-old Mandar Salunkhe, his older brother and his mother were among them. Salunkhe said, "Both me and my brother voted here during the Lok Sabha election.
This time, we are told that our names have been designated to another voting booth. My mother's name is not even in the list." Mandar, a specially abled man, said the policemen helped him up the ramp.
More families were upset that they were allocated different polling booths. Rajaram Bhati and his wife who live near Lohiya Garden in Hadapsar constituency said they voted at Magar Hospital during the Lok Sabha poll but were allotted different centres for the assembly poll. The names of Pune resident deputy collector Jyoti Kadam's family members went missing from Aurangabad (west) electoral roll.
"My father Eknath Late, mother Swati Late and sister Nanda's names were deleted and they couldn't vote," she told TOI. She said she had applied to the administration to delete her name as she is a registered voter in Pune. However, her name remains while that of her family members have been deleted, she said.
One family, separate booths Mandar Joshi, a resident of Bavdhan and his wife cast their votes for Khadakwasla constituency, but his father's name was in Bhor constituency. "We stay in the same flat. I do not know how this happened," he added.
Nilakanth Gandhi from Bavdhan is in Khadakwasla constituency while his wife's name was in Bhor. Khadakwasla election officer said some voters from Bavdhan may find their names in Bhor constituency. Pune: Voters from upmarket Koregaon Park, Kalyaninagar and Vimannagar said that there were significant improvements in booth management and voter identification procedures compared to the previous elections.
"This time it was quite hassle-free as voter slips were already given. I wrapped it up in five minutes," Rashmi Bassi from Vimannagar said. Anushka Tyagi, a 21-year-old from Vimannagar said it was a smooth process but she had to wait for 10 minutes before casting her vote.
Fiftysix-year-old Manoj Phulpagar, a resident of Lane 5 in Koregaon Park, said during the Lok Sabha poll her name had disappeared and she could not vote. "I met the collector and told him my concern and within some days my name was included. I could vote again," Phulpagar said.
Sri Sant Gadge Maharaj Vidyalaya in Koregaon Park which had eight booths was bustling with people. "The arrangements were good but carrying phones became a hassle for many," Kadambari Singhani, who lives in Lane 5, said. Voters who went to PMC's Lakshminabi School on Nagar Road and Magarpatta Public School returned without voting as they were allocated a different booth.
Forty-year-old Mandar Salunkhe, his older brother and his mother were among them. Salunkhe said, "Both me and my brother voted here during the Lok Sabha election. This time, we are told that our names have been designated to another voting booth.
My mother's name is not even in the list." Mandar, a specially abled man, said the policemen helped him up the ramp. More families were upset that they were allocated different polling booths.
Rajaram Bhati and his wife who live near Lohiya Garden in Hadapsar constituency said they voted at Magar Hospital during the Lok Sabha poll but were allotted different centres for the assembly poll. The names of Pune resident deputy collector Jyoti Kadam's family members went missing from Aurangabad (west) electoral roll. "My father Eknath Late, mother Swati Late and sister Nanda's names were deleted and they couldn't vote," she told TOI.
She said she had applied to the administration to delete her name as she is a registered voter in Pune. However, her name remains while that of her family members have been deleted, she said. One family, separate booths Mandar Joshi, a resident of Bavdhan and his wife cast their votes for Khadakwasla constituency, but his father's name was in Bhor constituency.
"We stay in the same flat. I do not know how this happened," he added. Nilakanth Gandhi from Bavdhan is in Khadakwasla constituency while his wife's name was in Bhor.
Khadakwasla election officer said some voters from Bavdhan may find their names in Bhor constituency..
