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.