Lucknow, Maharajganj district administration distributed saplings to more than 1,500 voters who came to the 'green (polling) booth' set up for the Lok Sabha elections.

Maharajganj District Magistrate Anunya Jha said on Sunday, "Ever since the election process has started, we are witnessing extreme heat and our voters as well as our polling personnel are facing a lot of problems due to heat wave and extreme heat." "Through this we wanted to raise awareness about the environment and ecological balance."

He further explained, “The district administration involved the forest department of Maharajganj, and we created a green booth in the district, in which the forest department provided informative material about the forest area of ​​the district as well as the Sohagi-Barwa tiger.” reserve.Displayed.,

Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. Its area is 428.2 square kilometers. Sohagi Barwa Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the tiger habitats in Uttar Pradesh.

“As a token of our gratitude and appreciation to the Green Booth voters, we gifted them saplings of local varieties like Tulsi, Mango, Drumstick and Amla, which they can plant in pots in their homes, and in the coming times In monsoon, these plants can grow."

Jha said that apart from giving saplings, they also set up a medical booth at the polling booth at Sonari Devi School.Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat comprises Farenda, Nautanwa, Siswa, Maharajganj (SC) and Paniyara assembly constituencies.

"We had distributed more than 1,500 saplings. It was a new initiative, and so we wanted to keep it at a booth for the time being. But, I am sure we will repeat it in the coming elections as well. It will be an environmental and ecological balance." Steps to increase awareness about.He also informed that at present the forest area of ​​Maharajganj district is 24 percent.

Additional District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Verma said that the concept of "Green Polling Booth" has been created to motivate voters to vote more and more.

Voting for the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat was held on Saturday, with eight candidates in the fray, with the main contest between Union Minister and BJP candidate Pankaj Chaudhary and sitting Congress MLA Virendra Chaudhary from Pharenda assembly constituency in Maharajganj district.Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary (59) is contesting as Lok Sabha MP from this seat for the seventh time. 60.26 percent voting took place in Maharajganj.