Pune: Voters from upmarket Koregaon Park, Kalyaninagar and Vimannagar said that there were significant improvements in booth management and voter identification procedures compared to the previous elections. "This time it was quite hassle-free as voter slips were already given. I wrapped it up in five minutes," Rashmi Bassi from Vimannagar said.
Anushka Tyagi, a 21-year-old from Vimannagar said it was a smooth process but she had to wait for 10 minutes before casting her vote. Fiftysix-year-old Manoj Phulpagar, a resident of Lane 5 in Koregaon Park, said during the Lok Sabha poll her name had disappeared and she could not vote. "I met the collector and told him my concern and within some days my name was included.
I could vote again," Phulpagar said. Sri Sant Gadge Maharaj Vidyalaya in Koregaon Park which had eight booths was bustling with people. "The arrangements were good but carrying phones became a hassle for many," Kadambari Singhani, who lives in Lane 5, said.
Voters who went to PMC's Lakshminabi School on Nagar Road and Magarpatta Public School returned without voting as they were allocated a different booth. Forty-year-old Mandar Salunkhe, his older brother and his mother were among them. Salunkhe said, "Both me and my brother voted here during the Lok Sabha election.
This time, we are told that our names have been designated to another voting booth. My mother's name is not even in the list." Mandar, a specially abled man, said the policemen helped him up the ramp.
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