PRAYAGRAJ: The panchayat elections in Prayagraj district recorded 57.24% polling by 5 pm on Thursday in the first phase amid allegations of fraudulent voting, missing names in ballot papers and clashes.
The fate of over 26,621 candidates contesting for different posts, including zila panchayat member, BDC, gram pradhan and gram panchayat member was locked in ballot boxes.
Polling was held at 1,739 polling centres and 5,269 polling booths amid tight security arrangements and compliance of Covid norms.
The polling was slow initially and was just 9.11% in 23 blocks of the district till 9am. However, voters then started coming coming out of their homes and polling wincreased to 20.11% at 11am, 33% at 1pm, and 45.20% by 3pm. There were around 34 lakh voters in the district.
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Locals allege that the administration is sitting idle.
Filling up the river bank without permission from the Department of Environment is a criminal offence, yet the company has already filled up around eight acres of the river bank and adjacent low-lying land claiming that it is their land.
Meanwhile, a team of the National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) yesterday visited the spot and asked the APSCL to stop filling up the river. We will submit a report after verifying the land documents and talking to all related government agencies. However, river is the main priority of the NRCC. So, we will see whether they [APSCL] are hampering the flow of the river or not, said Md Shafiullah, deputy chief hydrologist of the NRCC, after visiting the spot.