GHMC may be divided into 172 wards: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) may be divided into the 172 wards for the next elections. According to sources, the GHMC, which has been assigned the tasks of delimitation of election wards as per 2011 Census, has sent a letter to the State Government proposing division of GHMC areas into 172 wards. It is likely to begin the process of delimitation after the receipt of necessary approval from the State Government.It may be mentioned that the Telangana Government on October 22 had directed GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar to begin process of delimitation of election wards as per the census of 2011. The GO Ms No 12, issued by the Municipal Administration Department, was based on the direction of High Court dated August 25, 2014, wherein the authorities were asked to carry out the delimitation of wards as per the Census 2011 before holding the next GHMC polls. According to Census 2011, the population of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area is 67, 31,790 and for implementing the orders of the High Court, the delimitation of wards in GHMC area has to be taken up after fixation of strength of elected members. Sources say that the GHMC has proposed the strength of elected members at 172 as each division will have a population of nearly 40,000 people. The term of elected GHMC came to an end on December 3 and the State Government has appointed a Special Officer for a period of six months. Sources say that it may take another three months for the GHMC to complete the delimitation process. However, it is not yet clear whether the State Government would hold GHMC elections or wait for the by-elections to be held in Sanathnagar as Talasani Srinivas Yadav, who was elected on TDP ticket in 2014 general elections, has resigned from the seat to join the State
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:43:50 +0000
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