durgapur asansol subdivision is set to achieve a unique distinction this general election it has the largest number of centurion voters in the country 19 who will exercise their franchise on april 29 the election commission has decided to arrange a special vehicle to help them travel to polling boothsthe west burdwan district administration has identified 19 voters aged above 100 thirteen are from asansol subdivision and the rest from durgapur subdivision the durgapur subdivision administration will greet them with flower bouquets on polling day nafar roy 104 of hattala in durgapur subdivisions kanksha block says he is fit enough to travel to his booth and vote he wakes up early in the morning but finds it difficult to stand for long i have been voting for more than six decades this year we wont have to wait in a queue roy told toi he said it was heartening to know there are a few others like him who are still alive to celebrate the great festival of democracy another centurion voter haradhan saha of malandighi of kanksa block in durgapur subdivision keeps himself busy with gardening manuring watering plants and feeding his cattle neighbours say saha has always been very active the block development officer of kanksa will visit his house to felicitate him shefali samaddar 104 has been bedridden for some time a resident of netaji colony in ward 21 of durgapur municipal corporation she is looked after by an attendant she is a widow and lives with her daughter anurima biswas labour commissioner of durgapur will visit shefalis house as a representative of the durgapur sdm and felicitate heranother centurion champa devi 100 of uttar dhadka in asansol is at a relatives home neigbours said she will return to vote durgapur sdm anirban koley told toil participation of voters in the electoral process is very important this enthusiasm among the centurion voters is an encouragement for all