Updated On: 21 November, 2024 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Elderly voters recount challenges navigating high footpaths and lack of adequate support

Volunteers help a wheelchair-bound voter, Urmila Dhune, at a polling booth in zone 22, Dadar. Pic/Kirit Surve Parade
Wheelchair users in Dadar complained about being unable to get to the booth because of the lack of a wheelchair ramp outside Balmohan Vidyamandir School, the voting centre at Shivaji Park, Dadar West. The election commission deployed the National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets and police officers to assist senior citizens in getting to the booths, some even by lifting their wheelchairs.
Balmohan Vidyamandir School is one of the oldest polling centres in Dadar, where a significant number of senior citizens cast their votes.