All election materials, including ballot papers and voter lists, were brought safely from the accident site to the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Manthali on Monday night.
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New election materials and additional staff were sent to two polling stations in Ramechhap on Tuesday after a vehicle carrying staff met with an accident on Monday.
The Nishan vehicle carrying election materials and staff met with an accident at polling stations A and B of Siruwari polling station in Ramechhap Municipality-2 and polling stations A and B of Sanghutar polling station in Ramechhap Municipality-3.
According to Narayan Lamichhane, Election Officer of the District Election Office, Ramechhap, election materials along with staff have been sent to both these polling stations on Tuesday.
He said, 'After the accident, some polling officers and assistant polling officers were not available. The necessary staff and election materials have been sent on time in coordination with the Chief Election Officer's office.'
According to Lamichhane, all election materials including ballot papers and voter lists were brought safely from the accident site to the Chief Election Officer's office in Manthali on Monday night.
The accident occurred when a vehicle carrying ballot papers and election materials from the Chief Election Officer's Office Manthali to the polling station in Siruwari, Sheetala Devi Secondary School in Ramechhap Municipality-2 and the ward office building in Ward 3, Sanghutar, lost control and fell about 100 meters while reversing.
On Monday afternoon, Dor Prasad Ghimire, 57, of Bhainseshwor, Manthali Municipality-1, who was posted as a polling officer at the Kha polling station in Sanghutar, Ramechhap Municipality-3, died at Manthali Hospital on Monday evening. Similarly, Assistant Police Inspector Parashuram Yadav, a resident of Rubani Rural Municipality-1, Saptari and working at the District Police Office, Ramechhap, also died.
Seven people, including three women and four men, who were injured in the accident were sent to Kathmandu for further treatment by a Nepal Army helicopter.
