The Election Commission largely failed to implement Covid protocols at hundreds of booths in the last phase of polls at 35 Assembly seats across four districts, mostly for lack of infrastructure and health workers.
Sources said Covid protocols were not followed in the booths mainly in the morning when a huge number of voters turned up to vote very early to avoid the blazing April sun.
Officials said it was hard to ensure social distancing and check if people were wearing masks when voters in districts started turning up by 6am.
“There is only one health worker giving sanitisers and also masks to voters without one. The number of masks provided by the Election Commission is one-fourth of the total voters. It also becomes tough to monitor 500 people at a time. If we ask voters to maintain physical distancing, the queue will go up to 5km,” said a Birbhum district official.
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Highway chiefs were warned about “life threatening” risks on a smart motorway more than four years before the deaths of eight motorists, it has been revealed.
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Last chance to submit evidence to smart motorway inquiry
Tomorrow is the deadline for contributions to an official inquiry by MPs into the benefits and dangers of smart motorways.
The Commons transport select committee is investigating a further rise in annual deaths, after claiming that public confidence in the roads is faltering. The inquiry was launched last month.
She said it is “vital that everyone whose lives have been affected in some way by these roads ensures they have their say”.
Mercer added: “The government and Highways England need to take notice and action. By contributing to this review you can help them do so. Jason and Alexandru are not alone in what happened to them; people continue to be killed or injured on smart motorways.