Social distancing ignored as Indians queue up to vote in local elections

Social distancing seemed to be ignored as two million Indians across the state of Rajasthan lined up to vote in local elections.

Social distancing seemed to be ignored as two million Indians across the state of Rajasthan lined up to vote in local elections.

Footage from September 28 shows dozens of locals cramming into a polling station to register their votes.

The State Election Commission said it had issued guidelines to enforce protocols like social distancing, wearing of face masks and sanitisation in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"There might have been isolated incidents of violation of social distancing, but by and large, the protocols were followed," said election commission secretary Shyam Singh Rajpurohit.