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Updated October 21st, 2019 at 17:20 IST

Maha Polls: EC sets up creches at booths for kids of women voters

In a bid to make the polling process convenient for the women voters, temporary creches for their children were set up in some assembly segments in Maharashtra

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In a bid to make the polling process convenient for women voters, temporary creches for their children have seen set up for the first time in some Assembly segments of Maharashtra, an official said on Monday. Since many women voters have no option but to carry their children along with them to the polling booths, the Election Commission came up with this initiative, the EC official said.

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"The experiment was carried out for the first time during the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year, and now the EC has replicated the same concept in the Maharashtra polls," he said.

"This is the first time that the EC has come up with such a facility for the women voters, who can now keep their children at the creches for a brief period and exercise their franchise," he said. The initiative was taken after the EC observed how voters travelled to the polling stations and how much average time they spent at the booths, he said. Most of the urban woman voters were found carrying their children along with them to the booths, he said.

"Since rules prohibit taking children inside the voting room, the EC came up with the concept of setting up temporary creches, having a dedicated Anganwadi worker and equipped with some toys for kids to play," he said.

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Published October 21st, 2019 at 16:32 IST

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