With passing of the bill, there will be a unified corporation with 250 wards instead of existing 272 wards. A special officer will be appointed to oversee its functioning till the first meeting of the body is held.
New Delhi: Days after the Union Cabinet gave its nod to present a bill for unification of three Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs)-North, South & East, Union Home Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Friday proposed the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha.
With passing of the bill, there will be a unified corporation with 250 wards instead of existing 272 wards. A special officer will be appointed to oversee its functioning till the first meeting of the body is held.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) opposed the introduction of the Bill in the Lower House. “Delhi’s problems will be solved after the unification of MCD. We have been born to correct arrangements. Like we did in Jammu and Kashmir by removing Article 370, we will do the same in Delhi,” said Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi after the session.
It may be noted that the Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated into three municipal corporations including South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in the year 2011, as per Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Act, 1911 (Delhi Act, 12 Of 2011).
