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Polling official dies after slipping from lorry in Odisha
The lorry carrying the polling personnel was said to be overcrowded, sources said.
Pitambar Rout, the second polling officer, slipped from the lorry and died
Kendrapara district Collector Nitin Bhanudas Jawale said, "The administration has expressed deep condolence to the bereaved family. Compensation would be paid to his family as per EC guidelines." Meanwhile, several government employees deployed in poll duty complained of gross mismanagement in the dispatch of polling parties to the polling stations.
"We reported for poll duty at 10 am yesterday. We waited for hours together. We were asked to leave for the polling station at midnight. We went without dinner. It was a nightmarish experience," a cross section of government staffers on poll duty said.
PTI
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