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Reliance SEZ referendum sees low voter turnout

Makarand Gadgil / Pen (maharashtra) September 22, 2008, 0:43 IST The first-of-its-kind referendum on whether farmers and their kin want the Reliance Industries-promoted special economic zone (SEZ) in Navi Mumbai was marked by low voter turnout today. Out of 30,000 eligible voters, whose names were included in land records, only 6,151 showed up for voting.