It was additionally introduced that the Maharashtra Retail Affiliation and Reliance Shops would provide reductions of 10-15% on November 20. Archive | Picture credit score: The Hindu
Voters will stand up to twenty% low cost at choose outlets, eating places and multiplexes in Mumbai after displaying the inked finger, Election Fee officers introduced right here on Friday (November 9, 2024).
Meeting elections will likely be held in Maharashtra on November 20.
The initiative, geared toward encouraging voting, was carried out after holding talks with merchants’ associations, multiplex cinema house owners and restaurant house owners, an official stated.
The ballot physique on Friday (November 9, 2024) launched ‘Utsav Nivadnukicha, Abhiman Maharashtracha’ (Election Competition, Satisfaction of Maharashtra), a voting consciousness marketing campaign that goals to extend voter turnout.
The occasion at India Gate was attended by officers from the Election Fee, Mumbai Police and Brihanmumbai Municipal Company, moreover celebrities like actor Varsha Usgaonkar, Mohan Joshi, Rohit Shetty and cricketer Ajinkya Rahane.
India Put up additionally printed a particular cancellation on the function which will likely be operational until November 20.
Farogh Mukadam, nodal election officer of Mumbai, stated the low cost initiative was the brainchild of Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, district election officer for Mumbai metropolis and Mumbai suburban district.
Mr. Gagrani held a gathering with representatives of Federation of Retail Merchants Welfare Affiliation, Multiplexes Affiliation of India, Resort and Restaurant Affiliation of India, Resort and Restaurant Affiliation and a few others business organizations on October 31.
They agreed to supply reductions to voters to encourage voting, he stated.
“They usually give reductions on different events, so we requested if they might provide comparable reductions when voting. Their response was constructive,” stated Mrs. Mukadam.
Multiplex chains PVR Inox, Cinepolis, Mirage, Sterling, Mukta, MovieMax and Film Time have agreed to supply 20% low cost to voters from November 20 to 22 within the metropolis.
AHAR has provided 10 to twenty p.c reductions to voters on meals on November 20 and 21 by displaying the inked finger, Ms. Mukadam stated.
The provide just isn’t legitimate for reservations or on-line purchases, he specified.
On the operate, it was additionally introduced that the Maharashtra Retail Affiliation and Reliance Shops would provide reductions of 10-15% on November 20.
Throughout this 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections, a number of eating places and retail shops within the metropolis provided comparable reductions.
Revealed – Nov 09, 2024 02:14 pm IST
