Brisk, peaceful polling in Anantapur, Kurnool

The polling in urban local body elections began on a peaceful note in 11 local bodies in Anantapur and seven local bodies in Kurnool district and it was very brisk in Anantapur with 11.61% recorded in the first two hours till 9 a.m. The polling percentage in the Kurnool district at 9 a.m. was 10.92. Police personnel disbursed a large gathering of people by chasing them away with lathis close to some polling stations in the Ramnagar area (Wards 37 and 38) of Anantapur. It was, however, peaceful in the entire district. In Tadipatri town, where restrictions under Section 144 were imposed, no incident was reported till 10 a.m., and Joint Collector A. Siri inspected a couple of polling booths. The police personnel kept a close watch on the movement of people to thwart any untoward incident.