Students release 5,000 helium balloons pitching for 100% voter turnout in Tiruchi

Students releasing balloons to create awareness on 100 per cent polling at Holy Cross College in Tiruchi on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY

As a part of the campaign to create awareness among voters to ensure 100% turnout, more than 5,000 helium balloons were released here on Friday.

Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, who presided over the awareness programme at Holy Cross College, symbolically released a balloon. The students of the college, who assembled in large numbers, subsequently released the balloons simultaneously.

Mr. Pradeep Kumar said that a number of awareness programmes had been organised since the announcement of election to the Lok Sabha. The students had a greater role to play in disseminating information on the importance of voting. They should ensure that their parents and other family members exercise their franchise. The students, particularly first-time voters, should use the opportunity to take part in the democratic process. All eligible voters should vote.