Look North: poll officials cross a pass, Ralakung La, at 16,100 feet in the snow-covered Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir, carrying oxygen cylinders, sleeping bags and voting materials. Look South: near Coimbatore, in a tough uphill 5 km trek, election officials haul electronic voting machines and other materials on their shoulders to Jarugumalai near Ammapettai in Salem parliamentary constituency because there is no road. These are just some of the logistical travails election officials confront in the world’s most populous democracy. A professor of English recalls his “sense of dread” when posted as presiding officer at Sandakphu in Bengal. Take a bow, election officials.

Source: The Telegraph May 16, 2019 11:37 UTC