The Union Cabinet Tuesday cleared the invoice to merge the three municipal companies in the national capital into one, as it used to be till 2012, ThePrint has learnt.
The Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2022 is probable to be tabled in the Parliament in the ongoing session, which is scheduled to quit with the aid of eight April, a senior authorities reliable told The Media on situation of anonymity.
Municipal elections in Delhi, which have been probably to be scheduled in mid-April have been deferred, with the aid of the State Election Commission for this bill.
The poll panel had referred to as a press convention on 9 March to announce the municipal ballot dates in the national capital, however for the duration of the conference it said that it had obtained a letter from lieutenant governor Anil Baijal conveying the Union government’s intention to convey the bill.
The proposed cross precipitated a tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is in-charge of the elected country authorities in the countrywide capital, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which policies the three municipal corporations.
The AAP also held a protest backyard the BJP headquarters in Delhi final week.
Until 2012, Delhi used to have one municipal business enterprise — the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). It used to be divided by the Congress’ then-CM, the late Sheila Dikshit, with the North and South our bodies receiving 104 wards each and the East 64 wards.
The new bill is in fact aimed at undoing the trifurcation.
