Donkeys ferry poll materials to Kathirimalai in Anthiyur Assembly constituency Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Donkeys ferrying poll materials to Kathirimalai in Anthiyur Assembly constituency in Erode district in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT With Kathirimalai village in Anthiyur Assembly constituency inaccessible to reach by vehicle, election officials with the help of two donkeys and local people trekked the nine km rough jungle terrain ferrying electronic voting machines (EVMs), voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) and other poll materials to reach the village in Erode district by Monday evening. Polling will take place on Tuesday. The village coming under Bargur Panchayat is located 1,200 meters above sea level inside the reserve forest area of Chennampatti Forest Range in Erode Forest Division and has 134 voters. In the absence of power connectivity, only solar lights light up the village that has no mobile connectivity. The Government Tribal Residential Middle School serves as the polling station and the village can be reached only after trekking for four hours from Kathiripatti in the foothills in Kolathur in Salem district.