No trace of ward committees almost a year after GHMC polls
The Hindu
Guidelines for their constitution as per the new amendments are awaited, say officials
Almost a year after GHMC elections, and nine months after the first meeting of the civic body’s freshly elected council, ward committees are yet to be constituted.
Ward committees need to be constituted for every division of the corporation under the Section 8-A of the GHMC Act, for effective representation and funding in the spirit of the amendments 73 and 74 of the Constitution of India.
Earlier, as per the Act, each ward committee should be chaired by the corporator of the respective ward/division, and not more than 10 electors representing the civil society from the ward, to be nominated by the civic body.
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