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Villagers in Dumak, Uttarakhand threaten to boycott Lok Sabha polls if long-awaited road project doesn't start. Rally in Joshimath with banners demanding road construction before April 19 elections. Committee leader warns of poll boycott if work not initiated. Sainji-Lagga-Maikot-Bemru-Dumak-Kalgoth road project pending for decades. BJP's Anil Baluni faces Congress' Ganesh Godiyal in Garhwal constituency.

Even as various places in the mountains witnessed very light rain on Thursday, the weather is set to take a turn in eight districts today. The State meteorological centre has issued a yellow warning (Watch) regarding the possibility of thunderstorms accompanied with lightning likely to occur at

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been tasked with conducting elections in remote and inaccessible areas, such as the Gir forest, the world's highest polling station at over 15,000 feet above sea level, and riverine polling stations in villages on the India-Bangladesh border. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar stated that polling parties carry EVMs through the farthest and toughest terrain, crossing makeshift bridges to ensure no voter is left behind.

Surat: A 32-year-old Dindoli resident lost Rs 1.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Travelling through jungles and snow-capped mountains, wading through rivers, carrying EVMs on horse and elephant backs, setting up polling stations in tents, shipping containers and booths in hamlets with lone voters -- the EC has to literally move mountains to conduct polls at the remotest and inaccessible places. From Gir Forest for Lone Voter to Village on India-Bangladesh Border: How Election Commission Conducts Polls at Remotest, Inaccessible Places.