Puducherry voters urged to walk to booths on election day
Puducherry (PTI): The district election officer A Kulothungan on Saturday appealed to voters in Puducherry to walk to their polling stations to cast their vote on April 19 to elect their Lok Sabha candidate.
Kulothungan asked voters to avoid cars or two-wheelers to further the goal of 'carbon neutrality' and 'green election'.
Addressing the participants of a cycle rally organized jointly by the election department and a private organization to generate awareness, the DEO said that the 'walk to vote' concept could set a precedent and be a path-breaking effort for the country as a whole.
He said that single use plastics would be avoided in the UT. Election-related campaign banners that use flex or synthetic, which are high carbon footprint materials, would not be allowed, he added.
The Department of Elections here has designed a logo exclusively to highlight the theme of `walk to vote` and the logo was launched recently in the presence of around 500 first time women voters. An official source said that a sample survey would be conducted on the poll day (April 19) to ascertain the number of voters who adopted the 'walk to vote' strategy.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
