Coimbatore: Works on delimitation of wards in the city corporation has amassed tempo. The corporation will create a draft proposal and sent it to the government through November 15, assets said.
Currently, there are 100 wards in the corporation. Under the delimitation workout, their borders shall be altered such that the population shall be similarly distributed with a most deviation of 10%.
As according to the corporation officials, the workout would now not have an effect on the border of the corporation. "But, various ward borders will be changed and many areas will be included or removed from the existing wards. The last such exercise was done in 2011 when 40 wards and various locations were added to the city," an professional said.
The process shall be achieved in accordance with the population census of 2011. The draft proposal ready through a crew of officials headed through the city the town planning officer, Ravichandran, shall be submitted to the district collector. He will convene a gathering and allow basic public and politicians to raise objections. "Their objections will be included and the delimitation proposal will be altered based on the suggestions," said an professional.
A meeting was held through the city corporation commissioner, K Vijaya Karthikeyan, on Thursday in which the town planning wing officials and income department officials have been educated on how one can undertake the task.
An professional said the border of the corporation might not be prolonged however, the ward borders shall be redesigned to house the average equivalent population. As according to the population census of 2011, city corporation's population is just about 15,48,000. The draft proposal shall be sent to the district collector prior to November 15 and then public and politicians can carry objections. The adjustments shall be made and the general proposal shall be submitted to the delimitation commission. They will finalise the ward house and population. The delimitation commission will unlock the general proposal.
"The entire process will be done based on the guidelines sent by the commission. The training was done based on their instructions," said an professional.
Officials said that it was a humongous process and it was impossible to maintain 10% deviation. "It will be at least 20-40%. The area of the city and the size and shape of the wards differ. To ensure that all wards will have an equal population is very difficult," said an professional.
But, opposition birthday celebration cadres said delimitation shall be influenced through ruling birthday celebration politicians. "Our suggestions will not be included at all. Vote bank will play a major role. Political influence will completely make the process a wasted effort. Only officials should be involved in this to avoid misappropriations," former DMK councillor SM Samy said.
Currently, there are 100 wards in the corporation. Under the delimitation workout, their borders shall be altered such that the population shall be similarly distributed with a most deviation of 10%.
As according to the corporation officials, the workout would now not have an effect on the border of the corporation. "But, various ward borders will be changed and many areas will be included or removed from the existing wards. The last such exercise was done in 2011 when 40 wards and various locations were added to the city," an professional said.
The process shall be achieved in accordance with the population census of 2011. The draft proposal ready through a crew of officials headed through the city the town planning officer, Ravichandran, shall be submitted to the district collector. He will convene a gathering and allow basic public and politicians to raise objections. "Their objections will be included and the delimitation proposal will be altered based on the suggestions," said an professional.
A meeting was held through the city corporation commissioner, K Vijaya Karthikeyan, on Thursday in which the town planning wing officials and income department officials have been educated on how one can undertake the task.
An professional said the border of the corporation might not be prolonged however, the ward borders shall be redesigned to house the average equivalent population. As according to the population census of 2011, city corporation's population is just about 15,48,000. The draft proposal shall be sent to the district collector prior to November 15 and then public and politicians can carry objections. The adjustments shall be made and the general proposal shall be submitted to the delimitation commission. They will finalise the ward house and population. The delimitation commission will unlock the general proposal.
"The entire process will be done based on the guidelines sent by the commission. The training was done based on their instructions," said an professional.
Officials said that it was a humongous process and it was impossible to maintain 10% deviation. "It will be at least 20-40%. The area of the city and the size and shape of the wards differ. To ensure that all wards will have an equal population is very difficult," said an professional.
But, opposition birthday celebration cadres said delimitation shall be influenced through ruling birthday celebration politicians. "Our suggestions will not be included at all. Vote bank will play a major role. Political influence will completely make the process a wasted effort. Only officials should be involved in this to avoid misappropriations," former DMK councillor SM Samy said.
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