'Beautiful' poll booths to make voting a pleasant experience

Swami Vivekanada's stirring speech to awaken the youth of India during the British rule will also feature.  

Apart from paintings and thoughts, the poling booths will also have important messages of Election commission written in English and Bengali.

Renowned schools like Baghbazar Multipurpose, Jodhpur Park Boys, Bethune Collegiate school, Dum Dum Motijheel Boys which will host polling stations in final phase in May 12 will start the work of painting the walls once the exams are over by the end of this week.

The exercise of making polling station beautiful was carried out first during the Delhi Assembly poll earlier this year and it received a positive feedback from the voters too, EC officials said.

An official of the Education Department, however, referred to lack of funds for arranging raw materials for doing up the school rooms.

“We will try our best to do what has been directed by the EC, but lack of funds is also a matter of concern as painting the walls need raw materials,” he said.