Mangalore : A voter awareness programme was organised at the Panambur beach on April 28, Saturday  under the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Project. the  programme was organised with the co-operation of the Panambur Beach  Tourism Development Project, particularly on a Sunday as a large number of people visit the beach on this day.

There were games for children and entertainment programmes for elders. An exclusive themed kite was launched on the  occasion by Deputy Commissioner  Harsh Gupta.

Speaking on the occasion, he said the administration aims at increasing the voting percentage this time and exhorted voters to exercise their franchise. He said  60,000 people in the district have received new voter identification cards and over 15 lakh people have registered their names in voters’ list. People who gathered at the beach also took an oath that they will actively participate in the voting process.

K Harish Kumar, MCC Commissioner, Dr KN Vijayaprakash, Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat, Yatish Baikampady, CEO of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project and others were present.