Find details of your polling station with just an SMS
Mangaluru: The Election Commission of India is coming up with new and innovative ideas to reach out to voters. This year being the election year, the commission has started a drive with hash tag #NoVoterToBeLeftBehind and has started various services for voters to ease their hassles faced during elections.
As a part of this initiative, a SMS service has also been started through which the voters can get the details of their polling stations by just sending an SMS.
The voters need to type <ECIPS> Space <Your EPIC no> and sent it to 1950. The voters will receive an acknowledgement message followed by the details of their polling station later.
In a fact posted by Officials Twitter handle of Election Commission the polling station of voters falls within 2 kms of their residence, ordinarily.
NOTE: EPIC number is your voter card number which is printed on your voter id card.
"Find Your Polling Station!
— ECI #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ECISVEEP) March 31, 2019
Your Polling Station falls within 2 kms of your residence, ordinarily. #GoFind your Polling Station#NoVoterToBeLeftBehind #DeshKaMahaTyohar " pic.twitter.com/2k32bUW6cz
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
