10,000 voters enrolled, 7500 alone in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: At a time when a day is to go before the expiry of period extended for voters´ enrollment, the Election Commission (EC) has so far registered 106,015 voters across the country during the additional timeline.



The EC enrolled total 25,384 voters throughout the country today alone. According to EC Spokesperson Bir Bahadur Rai, as many as 7,500 voters registered their names in Kathmandu today. [break]



The Kathmandu Election Office and District Administration Office were seen with big crowd of voters. Some 40 desks were set up to enroll voters in the offices, said Spokesperson Rai.



The EC had again started the task of voters´ enrollment for a week from August 17 at the recommendation of the High Level Political Committee.



The Spokesperson informed that Kathmandu saw the highest voters´ enrollment while the voters´ registration was only 21 in Manang.



The EC has made preparation to some desks from Friday to address growing crows of voters for enrollment.

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