From boat to vote: Noida admin reaches out to lone village across Yamuna

April 04, 2019 11:37 pm | Updated 11:40 pm IST - Noida

People from Dalelpur used a boat to cross the Yamuna to come and vote in Noida. A road road usually means travelling for 60-70 km for these villagers.

People from Dalelpur used a boat to cross the Yamuna to come and vote in Noida. A road road usually means travelling for 60-70 km for these villagers.

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has hired a motorboat to ferry voters from Dalelpur village in Noida across the Yamuna to the polling station on April 11, according to an official communication on Thursday. Dalelpur is the only village in the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency, which falls across the Yamuna and towards the Haryana side, but is a part of the Lok Sabha segment in Uttar Pradesh. The villagers rue years of “ignorance” by the system and lack of connectivity. They had recently announced a boycott of the election.

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