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Entire family with visual impairment travels two km to cast votes

Visually impaired members of a family at a voting station in Tulsipur of Dang district, on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.

Dang, June 28

A family, of which every member is suffering from visual impairment, also participated in the second phase of local level elections in Tulsipur of Dang.

The family of Chandrabir Wali in Khamari, Tulsipur-3 cast votes from Ranagaun voting centre.

A new two-kilometre way was recently repaired to let the family use its voting rights.

They were assisted by other voters to cast their votes. The Election Commission had allowed others to cast votes on their behalf after they secretly informed their choices.

Nepal had held the elections in 334 local levels of provinces 1, 5 and 7 on Wednesday.

 

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