It is peaceful in Tirunelveli
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The district witnessed peaceful polling on Tuesday and recorded 66.54 poll percentage. Poll percentage in these 5 segments – Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai, Nanguneri and Radhapuram - in 2016 Assembly election was 69. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote in a booth at St. John’s Higher Secondary School in Palayamkottai, Collector V. Vishnu said the polling was going on smoothly as all arrangements had been put in place and reviewed. The EVMs would be taken to Government College of Engineering, Palayamkottai, the counting centre, by 157 teams, each led by a Zonal Officer, he said.
Model booths with reception team, decorated shamiyana, chairs for waiting voters and medical team had been established at Madharasa School in Kailaasapuram, MDT Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli Junction, Loyola Convent in Palayamkottai, ‘All Women Booth’ at St. John’s Higher Secondary School attracted every