Officers of Greater Chennai Corporation published the draft delimitation proposal for the city on Thursday.

The copies of the proposal will be available for the public in all zonal offices of the Chennai Corporation.

After
studying the draft, residents, political party representatives and all
members of the civil society are requested to submit claims and
objections pertaining to the proposal before 5.45 p.m. on January 29.

“Three
regional deputy commissioners have been designated as delimitation
authorities for each of the three regions. Claims and objections have to
be submitted to these officials,” said an official of the Chennai
Corporation.

Residents can meet the delimitation authority of
their region to submit claims and objections or send them by post to the
regional offices of the Corporation.

The address for the Chennai
Corporation north regional office is: Regional Deputy Commissioner,
Chennai Corporation north regional office, Basin Bridge Road, Old
Washermenpet, Chennai 600021.

The address for the central regional
office is: Regional Deputy Commissioner, Chennai Corporation central
regional office, Second Cross Street, Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar,
Chennai 600030.

Those in the southern region can send in their
inputs to: Regional Deputy Commissioner, Chennai Corporation south
regional office,115, Dr. Muthulakshmi Road, Adyar, Chennai 600020. The
proposal has been made based on different population criteria for
different levels of urbanisation and data from the 2011 Census.

In
a bid to avoid the increase in the number of councillors in core city
from 107 to 134 and a decrease in number of councillors in added areas
from 93 to 66, officials have adopted a different method. Each of the
wards in Manali and Madhavaram will have 15,000 people. Wards in
Tiruvottiyur, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur will have 20,000
people. Wards in Ambattur and Valasaravakkam will have 30,000 people.
Wards in the core city — Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar, Anna
Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar— will have 43,000 people.

“Most political parties have agreed with the different population approach, which has been proved successful,” said an official.

The final decision will be made after studying all aspects of the claims and objections.