The Hindu 30.10.2013
Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Bidadi may come under one city corporation
With the Bangalore-Mysore corridor witnessing a high growth rate, the State government is contemplating merging the urban local bodies of Ramanagaram, Channapatna and Bidadi to form a composite city corporation apart from merging Mandya and Maddur ULBs into another city corporation. It has also proposed to upgrade the Mangalore City Corporation as Greater Mangalore City Corporation to encompass the urban local bodies of Ullal and Mulki.
Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake said that the government has proposed to upgrade three city municipal councils to city corporations, 15 town municipal councils to city municipal corporations, 18 town panchayats to town municipal councils and 164 gram panchayats to town panchayats.
Based on the 2011 Census, the department has proposed to upgrade urban local bodies. The proposed merger of three urban local bodies of Ramanagaram, Channapatna and Bidadi into one city corporation would decongest Bangalore city and enable neighbouring urban local bodies to achieve growth, he said.
Deputy Commissioners of all districts have been asked to provide reports on upgrading existing urban local bodies. Based on the reports, the government would take a decision, he said.
The department has set up a land bank at a cost of Rs. 30 crore to make available land for development work in urban areas (except Bangalore). Many projects were delayed due to non-availability of land, and it had resulted in escalation of project cost, he said.
Mandya and Maddur urban local bodies likely to be merged.
