Polling centres changed due to heavy rain

Rampachodavaram: In view of heavy rainfall in the agency areas, the district administration has revised the distribution centres, reception centres, strong rooms and counting halls for the MPTC and ZPTC elections in Rampachodavaram division to ensure that polling personnel do not face any inconvenience. Sub-Collector D Prithviraj Kumar announced the changes, following instructions from District Election Officer and Collector K Dinesh Kumar.

He asked election personnel to take note of the revised arrangements and report to their respective centres. According to the revised arrangements, the Mandal Parishad office at Rampachodavaram will serve as the distribution centre for the mandal, while the Government Degree College will function as its reception centre.

For Devipatnam mandal, the Zilla Parishad High School at Indukurupeta has been designated as the distribution centre. The ZP high schools in their respective mandals will serve as distribution centres for Maredumilli and Addateegala. The Ashram School (Boys) has been selected for Rajavommangi, the Mandal Parishad office for Y Ramavaram, the Youth Training Centre (YTC) at Maredumilli for Gurtedu and the Mandal Parishad office for Gangavaram. The Government Degree College at Rampachodavaram will serve as the common reception centre for Devipatnam, Maredumilli and Addateegala mandals. The APTWR Residential Junior College (Girls) at Rampachodavaram has been designated as the reception centre for Rajavommangi, Y Ramavaram, Gurtedu and Gangavaram mandals. The administration has also allotted specific rooms for strong rooms and counting halls.

At the new northern building of the Government Degree College, Room No 28 on the ground floor has been allotted as the strong room and Room No 27 as the counting hall for Devipatnam mandal. For Maredumilli, Room No 30 on the western side will serve as the strong room, while Room No 31 on the western side of the first floor will function as the counting hall. In the northern building of the APTWR Residential Junior College (Girls), rooms have been allotted for the remaining four mandals.

For Rajavommangi, Room No 8 on the southern side of the middle section and Rooms 5 and 6 on the northern side have been earmarked. For Y Ramavaram, Rooms 9 and 10 on the northern and southern sides of the first floor, respectively, have been allotted. For Gurtedu, Rooms 16 and 15 on the northern and southern sides of the first floor have been designated, while for Gangavaram, Rooms 18, 19 and 20 on the second floor have been earmarked.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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