At a time Covid-19 cases are on an alarming rise across the city and its fringes, thousands of polling and police personnel jostled for space at Netaji Indoor Stadium to collect EVMs before being sent to polling stations in packed buses on Wednesday.
In the afternoon, the inside of the stadium was a scary picture. Polling personnel stood cheek by jowl to collect the EVMs and other polling material including masks, sanitisers and gloves.
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Many who had gathered inside were not wearing masks, several had them hanging on their chins or from their ears and no distancing was maintained.
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