60 lakh new voters in poll-bound Karnataka: state Chief Electoral Officer
Bengaluru: About 60 lakh people have enrolled as new voters across Karnataka ahead of the 15th assembly elections, due in late April or early May.
Sanjiv Kumar, state chief electoral officer (CEO) siad "the number of new voters across the state has increased by 60 lakh, taking the total number of electorate to 4.96 crore as per the tentative electoral rolls as against 4.36 crore voters in 2013 assembly elections.”
The final electoral rolls from the 224 assembly constituencies of the state are scheduled to be released on February 28.
According to the tentative electoral rolls, the number of male voters is 2.51 crore and female voters 2.44 crore.
Around 4,552 people, who identify with the 'third gender', have registered to vote in the upcoming polls.
"The number of young voters (aged 18-19), who will be voting for the first time, has doubled to 15.42 lakh as per the tentative rolls as against 7.18 lakh in 2013 elections," Mr Kumar added.
Bengaluru South assembly constituency has the highest number of voters at 5.5 lakh.
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KSRTC introduces gender ticketing in buses across Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): The KSRCTC on Saturday began implementing gender ticketing in buses operating across the state.
According to a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) circular issued on Friday, the gender ticketing system is intended to record whether a passenger is a woman, a man or a child in tickets issued on KSRTC buses from Saturday.
To facilitate the system, Electronic Ticketing Machines (ETMs) have been updated.
The circular stated that conductors in all KSRTC depots should record the gender category of passengers while issuing tickets through the ETMs.
Options for women, men, and children have been included in the ETMs to identify passenger categories when issuing tickets.
The printed tickets generated by the ETMs will also indicate the passenger's category, officials said.
The UDF had promised free KSRTC travel for women across the state during the Assembly election campaign.
UDF, which won 102 of 140 seats, would soon form the government after the Congress party finalises the discussion on the next Chief Minister.
The introduction of gender ticketing is being viewed as an effort to estimate the number of women travelling daily on KSRTC buses before implementing the poll promise.
Some conductors have reportedly raised concerns over the additional time required to record passenger details, especially during rush hours.
