ZP, panchayat samiti polls in seven Vidarbha districts

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 14:30 [IST]

Nagpur, Mar 10 (UNI) Polling for zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections in seven districts in the Vidarbha region will be held tomorrow.

The districts which go to polls on Sunday are Nagpur, Wardha, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Amravati, Yavatmal and Buldhana.

Heavy police ''bandobast'' has been made to ensure law and order during the polls in the wake of a Naxalite being killed in an encounter with the police only two days back in Gadchiroli district.

The counting of votes will be taken up on Monday.

UNI

Topics: ELECTIONS-MAH-ZP-VIDARBHA

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