NEPALGUNJ, may 12: Around 6,200 civil servants and security personnel have been mobilized for holding the local level elections in Banke district.

Chief District Officer, Surya Bahadur Khatri, said that around 2,200 employees of civil service and corporations as well as more than 4,000 security personnel have been mobilized in the district to hold the local level poll on Friday.  

There are 136 polling stations and 379 polling centers in the district. Out of 136 voting centers, 105 voting centers have been included in the most sensitive list while 30 voting centers have been kept in the sensitive list by reviewing the security challenges. 

Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police personnel have been mobilized for poll security.  

He further said that security arrangements have been made by categorizing the voting centers as the most-sensitive and sensitive keeping the security sensitivity in mind as Banke also shares borders with India.

Cross-border movement via checkpoints has been completely banned from May 10 midnight to May 14 midnight as per the agreement reached with the Indian side to close Nepal-India border for 72 hours in order to hold local-level polls in a peaceful manner.

A total of 329,473 voters are participating in the election in Banke. The district has one sub-metropolitan city, one municipality and six rural municipalities.

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