Residents refuse to vote in Dang
Residents affected by Banke National Park have boycotted voting in parts of Dang District during the House of Representatives election. Polling stations at Deuti Secondary School in Babai Rural Municipality-7 and Janata Basic School in Babai-1 remained deserted with no voters as of 10:30am.
Polling officer Chiranjivi Khadka said none of the 682 registered voters at the Deuti Secondary School polling station had cast ballots. A similar situation was reported at Janata Basic School, which has 530 registered voters.
Local leaders from the National Park Affected Struggle Committee said residents decided to boycott the vote after their demands for relocation were not addressed. The affected communities say wildlife threats have increased since the area was declared a buffer zone around Banke National Park.
25 percent voting in Jhapa-5
About 25 percent of voters had cast ballots by 10:30am in Jhapa Constituency No 5 during the House of Representatives election. The Returning Officer’s office said voting has been peaceful so far.
The constituency has drawn major attention due to a high-profile contest involving former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party Balen Shah.
Election officials said a total of 163,379 voters are registered in the constituency.
Clear weather predicted across the country today
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted that most regions of the country will experience clear weather today.
Furthermore, the Department has noted a chance of light rain and snowfall in certain hilly and mountainous areas.
In Koshi Province, a mix of partial clouds and predominantly clear conditions is expected in the mountainous, hilly, and Tarai regions, while much of the Tarai in Madhes Province will see mainly clear weather.
In Bagmati Province, a combination of partial clouds and mainly clear weather is forecasted for the mountains, hills, and Tarai areas. All regions of Gandaki Province are expected to have partial cloud cover. In Lumbini Province, partial clouds will be present in the mountainous and hilly areas, whereas the Tarai region will largely remain clear.
In Karnali Province, the weather is predicted to be predominantly clear in the mountainous and hilly areas.
The Department has indicated that clear weather will prevail in the mountainous, hilly, and Terai regions of Sudurpashchim Province.
Domestic flights will be conducted based on need on poll day: CAAN
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has said it would conduct domestic flights based on need on the poll day, tomorrow.
CAAN made it clear that all sorts of domestic flights would be operated on the basis of need, while the international flights would be conducted as usual except in Gulf countries.
The aviation authority also updated the flight schedules in view of the situation of airports in the destination countries of West Asia.
Several flights have been disrupted following the tension in the Gulf region.
