On reaching the Barve faculty polling station at Rasta Peth to forged her vote, Niharika Satpute was pleasantly shocked when anganwadi employees Sunita Thopte and Surekha Pawar, went as much as her and led her youngster to a protected nook on the centre. “That is a part of the trouble to allow younger moms to train their franchise whereas we deal with their youngsters,” Thopte mentioned.
At Sahyadri worldwide faculty polling station at Kothrud, auxiliary nursing midwife Swati Ghardinkar together with anganwadi employees Sulakshana Sathe and Archana Karanjekar took cost of the youngsters accompanying their dad and mom. “If dad and mom carry alongside their babies, then they will sit right here on the short-term creche the place we’ve organized for goodies and toys,” says Sathe.
Organising short-term creches at choose polling centres is among the many voter pleasant initiatives taken up by Pune district administration. “The purpose is to spice up voter turnout,” an election official mentioned. Whereas some centres are small and there’s no place to maintain toys, officers have ensured that not less than two anganwadi employees are posted right here. Creches are positioned at polling stations which have greater than 5 cubicles.
Creches are positioned at polling stations which have greater than 5 cubicles. (Specific Picture)
At Ethel Gordon Coaching Faculty polling centre, Rohini Joshi, auxiliary nursing midwife says a couple of aged individuals wanted medical help. “One lady additionally suffered a fall and our medical employees instantly handled her,” she mentioned.
Dr Nina Borade, PMC’s well being chief mentioned that they had made ample preparations and no main medical emergencies have been reported. Dr Kalpana Baliwant, PMC’s Assistant Medical Officer mentioned that they had despatched 48 ambulances along with 35 from the 108 state emergency ambulances.
In the meantime within the district, Anil Karande, the Deputy Collector mentioned a complete of 4,495 accredited social well being activists have been deputed throughout 8,417 polling centres. “Until afternoon, we assisted 17 sufferers who required medical therapy, however they have been minor illnesses,” he mentioned.
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