16th September, 2002
Election Commission  


MORE THAN 600 ELECTION PASSES ISSUED FOR THE COVERAGE OF J & K ELECTIONS


Election Commission has provided more than 600 passes to the media persons for the coverage of Jammu and Kashmir elections. 358 passes were provided to Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir for the media persons. Out of this, 72 passes were issued to the media persons in Jammu region only. Initially some delay was reported in receipt of election card to the media persons in Jammu, to avoid that later passes were directly delivered at Jammu.

Delhi based media and foreign journalists have been issued 260 election passes so far through Press Information Bureau.