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Wanted: An elected body for Bengaluru’s civic agency

Wanted: An elected body for Bengaluru’s civic agency

The Hindu
Friday, December 31, 2021 08:44:44 PM UTC

City has been without one since September 10, 2020, when the 5-year term of the BBMP ended

Potholed roads, water-logging, encroachments — Bengaluru’s list of problems has not seen any major changes in the recent past. Yet, the city has been without an elected body since September 10, 2020, when the five-year term of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike came to an end.

Elections to the local body have been put off owing to a “confusion” on whether the polls have to be conducted for 198 wards or 243 wards, as per the new BBMP Act, 2020.

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