The commission has concluded that although sporadic snowfall is currently occurring in various parts of the country, especially in the mountainous districts including Sankhuwasabha, it will not disrupt the voting process.
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Citing the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the Election Commission has stated that the weather will be clear across the country on polling day.
Amidst public concern about the impact of the weather on election day, the Election Commission is continuously coordinating with the Department of Water and Meteorology, informed the Commission's spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai during a press conference organized at the Commission on Friday.
After discussions with the Director General of the department, the Commission has said that the weather will be clear across the country on polling day (Falgun 21). The department has now started making realistic forecasts up to a week by revising the forecast based on data from the past 30 years. Although there is currently sporadic snowfall in various parts of the country, especially in the mountainous districts including Sankhuwasabha, the Commission has concluded that it will not disrupt the voting process.
Spokesperson Bhattarai said that the Commission is receiving weather updates throughout the day through the Joint Election Operation Center (JEOC). Spokesperson Bhattarai said that the new snow added to the frozen snow will not cause much problem for voters to reach the polling station. .
This is what Spokesperson Bhattarai said about the weather
What is the impact of the snowfall? We are receiving regular updates on it. I have just invited the Director General of the Department of Water and Meteorology to this very commission and discussed it. In that, as the election voting date is approaching, I informed you in this very program that the forecast they made yesterday was based on the data of the past 30 years. But now that the election voting date is approaching, they have started making realistic forecasts. Our system can make a very accurate forecast for a week. According to the information they gave me yesterday, this should be called good news. They have said that the weather will remain clear across the country on the 21st.
That is why it is clear on the 21st. Before that, we are closely watching the snowfall and light rain in various places today. The Commission's JEOC, along with the District Security Committee of the concerned district and the election-related officials, has set up a joint election operation center where a police communication set is also available. He has been taking updates throughout the day and as they told me, there is sporadic snowfall across the country. It seems that there is a little more snowfall in Sankhuwasabha. There is more snowfall than elsewhere.
But in Sankhuwasabha too, it is difficult to reach many polling stations due to snowfall. There is already accumulated snow. But my reporting has not missed the point that there will be problems due to the new snow added this time. Therefore, this snowfall is not so heavy that it will disrupt the election and since the weather is expected to clear by the 21st, it will make the weather more positive. If there is a sudden change in the weather, we will keep you updated. So far, we have analyzed that this snowfall will not have much impact so that voters will not have any difficulty in voting.
