According to information, the fire was spread over 200 hectares at Meghnagar forest Beat No 63 on Thursday afternoon in Jhabua district, and it was easily visible from the outskirts of the city. The entire incident was first reported around 4 pm.
A total of 16 polling booths will be set up for voting and EVMs will be deployed. A total of 9,692 voters, including 4,804 men, and 4,888 women voters are eligible to exercise franchise in these elections.
Traditional rivals BJP and Congress are relying on "borrowed" players in the battle for Amethi, the bastion of the Gandhi family, which the saffron party has demolished now. The BJP has fielded veteran Congress leader Sanjay Sinh, who crossed over from the grand old party to the saffron camp in 2019, while the Congress has nominated turncoat Ashish Shukla from the assembly