India, May 11 -- To encourage residents to turn up in large numbers to vote, the Pune district election department teamed up with the Pune Metro officials to conduct voting awareness drives in metro and its stations on Thursday, said officials.

The awareness drive was conducted for the upcoming third phase of the poll at Maval and Shirur Lok Sabha constituencies on May 13.

According to the instructions of Pune collector and district election officer Suhas Diwase, Maval returning officer Deepak Singla planned the awareness drive on Pimpri-Shivajinagar metro route and stations.

During the drive, Hemant Sonawane, executive director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro), appealed to passengers to exercise their right to ...