The Times of India 16.03.2013
Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls unlikely before monsoon
GUWAHATI: The state election commission's plans to hold the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) election before the arrival of the monsoon may not materialize as the GMC authorities missed the deadline to publish the draft on delimitation of 31 new wards on Friday.
The state election commissioner clarified that GMC polls can't be held until the delimitation of the wards is completed. The government has decided to bring down the number of GMC wards from 60 to 31 this time.
The GMC authorities were asked to publish the draft on the delimitation by Friday in a meeting convened by the state election commission in March first week.
"It will take some more time to finalize the map of the 31 new wards. We have requested the state election commission to extend the deadline," said GMC collector Deba Kumar Mishra.
The elected body of the GMC stands dissolved since May 2008 after several GMC councillors resigned due to an internal rift. Since then, it has been functioning without public representatives.
The state election commissioner clarified that GMC polls can't be held until the delimitation of the wards is completed. The government has decided to bring down the number of GMC wards from 60 to 31 this time.
The GMC authorities were asked to publish the draft on the delimitation by Friday in a meeting convened by the state election commission in March first week.
"It will take some more time to finalize the map of the 31 new wards. We have requested the state election commission to extend the deadline," said GMC collector Deba Kumar Mishra.
The elected body of the GMC stands dissolved since May 2008 after several GMC councillors resigned due to an internal rift. Since then, it has been functioning without public representatives.
