Girija had a similar experience on Tuesday when she cast her maiden vote in the assembly elections.
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Tribals belonging to Thodumala ward in Amboori returning in a ferry after casting their votes. Despite lack of transportation facilities, they managed to turn up at their respective booths | Vincent P
Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Girija Devi, 24, a native of Thenmala tribal settlement in Thodumala ward in Amboori grama panchayat, had a tough time when her mother Neelamma was under cancer treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.Besides the mental agony, every hospital visit also left her and her mother physically drained as they had to depend on the ferry service near their hamlet to reach the other side, from where they had to travel all the way to the hospital.