As the jurisdiction of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) expands with the merger of adjoining villages, the variety of councilors within the municipal physique is prone to enhance from 164 to round 166, if one goes by the inhabitants figures of the 2011 Census.
According to the 2011 census information, the state authorities on June 30 merged 23 villages into the PMC, taking the world from 331.57 sq km to 516.18 sq km and the inhabitants from 33 lakh to about 35 lakh.
As per the provisions of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, a municipal company having a inhabitants of greater than 31 lakh in its space will need to have not less than 161 elected councillors. An extra counselor must be elected for an extra inhabitants of 1 lakh. In PMC, the overall variety of councilors in the course of the 2017 civic elections was 162 as the town’s inhabitants was a little bit over 31 lakhs as per 2011 census. However, the variety of councilors elevated to 164 after the merger of 11 villages that elevated the town’s inhabitants by 1.5 lakh.
The merger of 23 villages has elevated the inhabitants of the town by greater than 2 lakhs. “The state election department has decided to take the 2011 census as the basis for deciding the number of councilors to be elected in the civic polls as the 2021 census could not be completed due to the ongoing pandemic,” stated a civic official.
If the 2011 census information is taken into account, the PMC may have a rise of solely two councillors, taking its quantity from 164 to 166, he stated, including that “the state government is likely to amend the Maharashtra Municipal Act. Towns by population.” Change within the standards for fixing the variety of councilors within the physique This might enhance the variety of councilors within the metropolis.
Incidentally, the 23 newly merged villages within the PMC are strongholds of the NCP and are prone to have an effect within the civic polls.
Meanwhile, the PMC should provoke the method of delimitation to determine the boundaries of the electoral ward. The earlier civic polls have been contested in panels, through which 4 councilors have been elected from a panel and that is prone to change for the upcoming civic polls.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
