Delhi govt likely to notify new municipal ward boundaries soon

The notification on delimitation will be issued by the Urban Development Department for all 272 municipal wards that will go to polls this year

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government is likely to notify the new municipal ward boundaries later this week, after the Lieutenant Governor cleared the final delimitation draft of 272 civic wards in the national Capital.

The notification on delimitation will be issued by the Urban Development Department for all the 272 municipal wards that will go for polls later this year.

The draft has largely seen redrawing of some municipal wards in the city.

An official said that although the number of municipal wards in each of the three corporations – North Delhi Municipal Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation – has remained same, the number of wards in some assembly seg- ments has completely changed, ranging from three to seven wards. “As the Lt Governor has given his nod to the draft of delimitation, the UD Department will issue a gazette notification in next few days,” the official said.

The move comes at a time when both Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress accused the ruling Delhi government of delaying the municipal elections that are scheduled to be held before April.

According to an official, the number of municipal wards across all three civic bodies will remain static at 272 – which consists 104 each in South and North municipal corporations, while East civic body has 64 seats.

Changes in the existing wards have been made in order to rationalise the number of wards as per the local population according to the 2011 census.

Matiala Assembly Constituency in South Delhi Municipal Corporation will have seven wards, while Vikaspuri constituency will now have six wards. According to the draft, the number of wards in North Delhi’s Chandni Chowk has gone down to three.