Khammam and Kothagudem districts are preparing for local body elections amid a pending court case. Thousands of polling stations have been set up, with reserved seats for ST, SC and BC communities. Police will provide three-layered security to ensure smooth polling

Khammam: Though there has not been much excitement about the local body polls among the aspirants in view of the pending court case, the district administrations of Kothagudem and Khammam have been gearing up for the elections.

Khammam district Collector Anudeep Durisetty informed that there are 571 gram panchayats, 5,214 wards, 99 scheduled area gram panchayats, 461 non-scheduled area gram panchayats in 20 mandals in Khammam. As many as 5,214 gram panchayat polling stations have been set up in 737 polling locations across th

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