Even though the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) new zonal committee chairpersons will get a short tenure of just seven to eight months, hectic lobbying is on among Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition corporators to head the zonal committees for year 2011-12. The present zonal committees completed their term on March 31.
Two years ago, NMC had decided to turn its 10 zonal offices into 'mini NMCs', each to be run by a zonal committee. The zonal committees, comprising 15 to 17 members (three representatives from NGOs and 12 to 15 corporators), have tenure of one year from April 1 to March 31.
This year, the ward committee elections will be held on April 25, 26 and 27. As per schedule announced, elections for Laxmi Nagar, Dharampeth, Hanuman Nagar and Dhantoli zones will be held on April 25, those for Nehru Nagar, Gandhibagh, Satranjipura and Lakadganj will be conducted on April 26, while elections of Asi Nagar and Mangalwari zones will be held on April 27.
Last year, eight corporators- Sanjay Bonde (Laxmi Nagar), Avinash Thakre (Dhantoli), Kailash Chute (Hanuman Nagar), Sudhir Raut (Gandhibagh), Jayashri Jambhule (Satranjipura), Vivek Tarase (Dharampeth), Neeta Thakre (Nehru Nagar) and Hitesh Joshi (Lakadganj)- of Bharatiya Janata Party led Nagpur Vikas Aghadi (NVA) swept the zone committee polls while Bahujan Samaj Party corporator Habib-Ur-Rehman Ansari (Asi Nagar) and Pushpa Malikar (Mangalwari) won in remaining two zones.
This year, all 10 zone committees will get a budget of Rs 10 to Rs 12.5 crore each for carrying out developmental works like construction and repairing of internal roads and nullah cleaning. NMC has planned to increase the annual zone committee budget up to Rs 125 crore for the current financial year, a senior NMC official said. "Each committee will get funds based on population of respective zone," he added.
Two years ago, NMC had decided to turn its 10 zonal offices into 'mini NMCs', each to be run by a zonal committee. The zonal committees, comprising 15 to 17 members (three representatives from NGOs and 12 to 15 corporators), have tenure of one year from April 1 to March 31.
This year, the ward committee elections will be held on April 25, 26 and 27. As per schedule announced, elections for Laxmi Nagar, Dharampeth, Hanuman Nagar and Dhantoli zones will be held on April 25, those for Nehru Nagar, Gandhibagh, Satranjipura and Lakadganj will be conducted on April 26, while elections of Asi Nagar and Mangalwari zones will be held on April 27.
Last year, eight corporators- Sanjay Bonde (Laxmi Nagar), Avinash Thakre (Dhantoli), Kailash Chute (Hanuman Nagar), Sudhir Raut (Gandhibagh), Jayashri Jambhule (Satranjipura), Vivek Tarase (Dharampeth), Neeta Thakre (Nehru Nagar) and Hitesh Joshi (Lakadganj)- of Bharatiya Janata Party led Nagpur Vikas Aghadi (NVA) swept the zone committee polls while Bahujan Samaj Party corporator Habib-Ur-Rehman Ansari (Asi Nagar) and Pushpa Malikar (Mangalwari) won in remaining two zones.
This year, all 10 zone committees will get a budget of Rs 10 to Rs 12.5 crore each for carrying out developmental works like construction and repairing of internal roads and nullah cleaning. NMC has planned to increase the annual zone committee budget up to Rs 125 crore for the current financial year, a senior NMC official said. "Each committee will get funds based on population of respective zone," he added.
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