In a good news to the Telangana people, the polling time in the state has increased for upto an hour, owing to the severe heat wave conditions. Earlier, several party leaders and candidates requested the Election commission of India to increase the polling time.
Following which, the CEO of Telangana has also requested the same and now the polling time is scheduled at 7am to 6pm in the evening. Earlier it used to stop at 5pm.
In its official note, the ECI said, “Having considered the request of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana to increase Hours of Poll in certain Assembly Segments of all 17 Parliamentary Constituencies in view of representations received from various political parties/contesting candidate, prevailing situation of hot summer and heat wave in the State and to increase voters’ participation, the Election Commission of India has decided to increase the hours of poll in respect of Assembly Segments mentioned in the schedule below of all 17 Parliamentary Constituencies of Telangana.”
