As he went on the paragliding sortie in the new beach area, billboards there urged people to vote on May 16.
"The event was held as part of efforts to create more awareness on the need to vote," he told reporters.
Street-corner meetings, skits, human-chains, rallies were among other initiatives undertaken to create voter-awareness, he said.
Such initiatives were being carried out in 138 polling stations that recorded very low percentage of polling in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he said.
Besides the district collector, students drawn from schools and colleges including those pursuing nursing also went paragliding and urged voters to ensure 100 per cent polling.
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