We need more than just polling booths, say rural voters in Jaisalmer

As remote areas in Jaisalmer finally get voting booths this time, as against mobile EVMs earlier, some can't understand what the fuss is about, for there are other pressing issues at hand

There is no road to Chh Ki Dhani. No mobile phone connectivity for miles around. The place still doesn’t exist on Google Maps. A long dusty, bumpy track off major district road 103 leads to this hamlet of Muslims. An odd camel munching on acacia is the only sign of life till the habitation of 158 voters appears on the horizon. There is one primary school with 62 children, and one teacher who hails from Jaipur and curses her punishment posting. Electricity came here "2-3 years ago". There is no piped water supply. No primary health care centre. But this