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Omanthai checkpoint open to uncleared area voters
The Omanthai check point in Vavuniya will be open from 4 a.m. till 5 p.m. on April 2 for civilians from the uncleared area to participate in the election.

A total of 66,066 voters from the uncleared areas of Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts are eligible to travel through this checkpoint to the cleared area to cast their votes at Omanthai Maha Vidyalaya.

Sixty four cluster polling booths will be set up. The buses carrying the voters will be allowed up to the polling station and a head count of commuters will be taken by the Police on duty.

The Omanthai checkpoint will be closed at 1 p.m. on April 1 to facilitate polling arrangements by civil authorities and the Sri Lanka Army. Civilian movement or movements of goods via this checkpoint will not be allowed from 1 p.m. on April 1 till 5 p.m. on April 2.
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