CHENNAI: The State government on Tuesday announced public holidays on October 6 and 9 in nine districts – Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Vellore, Tirupathur, Ranipet, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi – where elections to rural bodies are scheduled to take place in two phases.
The public holidays will be applicable to the areas only where the elections are held. Similarly, October 9 will be a public holiday wherever casual elections are scheduled to take place in the rest of the 28 districts.