The Election Commission has informed that 11.9 million ballot papers have been printed for the local level election.

The commission said that the number of ballot papers has been printed for 53 districts till today. The Election Commission is printing ballot papers at Janak Education Materials Center.

The commission is preparing to print 19.4 million ballot papers for the local elections. This time the number of voters at the local level is 17.7 million 33 thousand 723.

Initially, ballot papers are being printed for remote districts and later for accessible districts. The ballot papers printed for the inaccessible have to be transported at the beginning with security, the commission said.
The Election Commission has informed that the security responsibility for the transportation of ballot papers has been given to the Nepal Army as they are sensitive materials.

Spokesperson Poudel said that the security of other election materials would be provided by the police. The commission has also informed that preparations are being made to send ballot papers by helicopter to the districts where it is not possible to send ballot papers by land.

Commission has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the transportation of other election materials and the police will provide security with necessary coordination. Spokesperson Poudel also said that the Election Commission is monitoring the transportation of election materials through GPS. He said, “An employee of the commission goes to transport the election materials. Employee’s mobile has GPS tracking system.