Dibrugarh, May 1 -- With the first phase of the Panchayat Elections scheduled for May 2, polling officials across Assam's Dibrugarh district have begun departing for their assigned polling stations.

Since early morning, presiding officers, polling staff, and security personnel have been departing from the distribution centre at Dibrugarh Polytechnic in Lahowal with ballot boxes, essential documents, and other election materials.

To ensure all preparations for the smooth conduct of the election are in place, officials have made similar arrangements for distribution and dispatch in other sub-districts of the district, including Duliajan, Tingkhong, Khowang, and Naharkatia.

Officials have scheduled polling to take place at 1,164 polling s...