4,000 employees being deployed for election

SUDURPASCHIM: More than 4,000 employees are being deployed in all 13 municipalities of Kailali district for the upcoming May 13 local level election.

Polling officers and assistant polling officers are being deployed for 619 polling stations in all 236 polling stations of the district.

A polling station with 500 voters will have one support staff while two support staff will be deployed in a polling station with more than 500 voters. An office assistant is being deployed in all polling stations.

Chief Returning Officer Jayananda Paneru said that those being mobilized included civil servants and employees of government-owned enterprises. Necessary training is being conducted for the election staff.