Ballot papers airlifted to Manang and Mustang

MANANG: The ballot papers for the Nov 20 election to House of Representatives and State Assembly have been airlifted to the Himalayan districts- Manang and Mustang.

The Nepali Army helicopter airlifted the ballot papers.

District Election Officer, Pushparaj Acharya, informed that 9,000 ballot papers were printed each for the election to the House of Representatives and proportional category in the district.

The ballot papers were received at 8:00 am today. It has been kept safely with utmost security at District Election Office, he added.

Similarly, Acharya viewed for the proportional election in the State Assembly (a), 3,500 ballot papers were received while 5,500 for the State Assembly (b).

There are a total of 6,779 voters in Manang.