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Elections 2019 in Mumbai: Polling booths by the women for the women

Booths managed and secured by women were set up in every constituency to encourage more women to vote

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A Sakhi Matadan Kendra at Bedekar School, Thane West. Pic/Sameer Markande

A Sakhi Matadan Kendra at Bedekar School, Thane West. Pic/Sameer Markande

Amid the busy polling booths across the city, was a special room at the Mumbadevi polling station called the Sakhi Matadan Kendra - a polling booth managed entirely by women. The room had four female election officers dressed in sarees and the centre was entirely guarded by female police officers too.

The Election Commission began this unique initiative of an all-female polling centre in every constituency to make the electoral process more women-friendly. The booths were also decorated with rangoli and other art while cold drinks were offered to all the voters at these booths.

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