Pune Municipal Corporation likely to have 165 corporators for 42 wards after delimitation
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued orders for all the municipal corporations to begin the delimitation process, to be carried out on the basis of the 2011 Census records. As per norms set by the government, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will likely have 165 corporators, up from 163 corporators, for 42 wards.
'The PMC has a total population of 34.81 lakhs in its jurisdiction as per the 2011 Census. Thus, the strength of corporators is likely to be 165 for the elections,' said an officer of the civic body.
The PMC had a strength of 163 corporators in the previous five-year term. However, the expansion of civic limits has increased the population by over one lakh.
The Supreme Court has directed that civic body elections in the state be held in the next four months.
According to the government, 161 corporators should be fixed for a population of 30 lakhs and one corporator each should be added for an additional one-lakh population. A maximum of four corporators are to be elected from each ward. Big roads, lanes, rivers, streams, hills, and flyovers should be set as boundaries of wards. Any one locality or building should not be split into two wards. Open spaces or natural bodies should be part of wards for the continuity of the civic area.
The government has not given any timeline for the civic bodies to complete the delimitation process.
The PMC official said the state government has set up a committee chaired by the municipal commissioner to prepare a draft report on delimitation. Accordingly, the civic body will prepare a draft report on delimitation, which will be sent to the State Election Commission for approval. The approved draft will be published and public suggestions and objections will be sought on it, after which there will be a public hearing on the suggestions and objections received. After necessary changes, the final draft will be sent to the State Election Commission, which will publish it.
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