‘Not so green’ polls this time
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Pandemic restrictions put brakes on implementation of protocol
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Voters relaxing under a kanikkonna tree in bloom at a green polling booth at Koothali in Perambra Assembly constituency on Tuesday.
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K. Ragesh
Pandemic restrictions put brakes on implementation of protocol
Despite the best efforts on their part, officials of Suchitwa Mission and Haritha Keralam Mission in the district are not entirely satisfied with the implementation of green protocol during the Assembly polls.
The two Missions had put their heads together to ensure that the election did not result in a heap of waste. Several awareness programmes were held for the purpose, especially for polling officers, resource persons, candidates as well as political party leaders. However, a lapse on the part of the government machinery against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic defeated the purpose to an extent, said M. Mini, Di