In view of the inclement weather conditions in Gurez, thepolling parities were dispatched three days before the elections. A total of 29polling parties were dispatched to Gurez including 20 reserve staff under thesupervision of District Election Officer Bandipora Dr Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza. Thedistrict administration had made adequate boarding and lodging arrangements forpolling parties.
Assistant Commissioner Revenue Reyaz Ahmad Beigh accompaniedthe polling parties upto Razdan top. Owing to the closure of Bandipora-Gurezroad the teams travelled upto Zkhushi in vehicles where from they walked onfoot upto Korakbal. Adequate arrangements were made to carry the teams invehicle up to Dawar.
DEO Bandipora said that adequate arrangements were put inplace for smooth travel and medical teams were also accompanying the pollingparties to deal with any kind of exigencies. He said the polling teams havereached Dawar on Sunday evening where they will stay for the night and will bedispatched to other places including Tulail on Monday morning.