Civic polls: Govt notifies delimitation of 272 wards

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 17

BJP president Manoj Tiwari said that protest and other initiative of the saffron party today forced the Arvind Kejriwal government to send the delimitation file to the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

BJP’s senior leaders will now review the notified wards structure of the municipal corporations and suggestions wherever necessary, he said.

Sources said ahead of the municipal polls in the national Capital, the government notified the final delimitation of 272 wards with the composition of wards in each Assembly constituency varying unlike before.

As per the mandate, the municipal polls are required to be completed before April 27. However, the delay in the delimitation process had given ammunition to the opposition BJP and Congress to target the AAP government, accusing it of delaying the civic body elections.

While the number of wards in each of the three corporations - 104 each in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and 64 in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has remained same, the number of wards in a few assembly segments has changed, ranging from three to seven.

According to the notification issued by the Urban Development department following approval from Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Matiala which falls under SDMC will have 7 wards, Madipur (4), Rajouri (4), Hari Nagar (3), Tilak Nagar (3), Janakpuri (4), Vikaspuri (6), Uttam Nagar (5), Dwarka (4), Najafgarh (5), Bijwasan (5), Palam (4), Jangpura (3), Kasturba Nagar (3), Malviya Nagar (3), RK Puram (3), Mehrauli (3), Chatarpur (4), Deoli (5), Ambdekar Nagar (3), Sangam Vihar (4) and Greater Kailash (3).

While Kalkaji has 3 wards, Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Okhla will have 3, 5 and 6 wards respectively.

Narela in North MCD area will have 5 wards, Burari (6), Timarpur (4), Adarsh Nagar (3), Badli (5), Rithala (5), Bawana (6), Mundka (5), Kirari (5), Sultanpur Majra (4), Nangloi Jat (4), Mangol Puri (44), Rohini (4), Shalimar Bagh (4), Shakur Basti (3), Tri Nagar (4), Wazirpur (4), Model Town (3), Sadar Bazar (4), Chandni Chowk (3), Matia Mahal (3), Ballimaran (3), Karol Bagh (3), Patel Nagar (4), Moti Nagar (3) and Rajinder Nagar (3).

EDMC's Trilokpuri, Kondli, Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Shahdara, Seema Puri, Rohtas Nagar, Seelampur, Ghonda, Babarpur, Gokalpur and Mustafabad constituencies will have 4 wards each.