Narasimhan for “sending back” the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019 as several provisions are against the Constitution of India, for the “hasty manner” in which elections are to be conducted to urban local bodies and also for the “unscientific” method in constituting the municipalities and municipal corporations. Mr. Dattatreya and his colleagues also questioned the manner and the basis on which the new municipal corporations and municipalities were formed. ‘No grounds given’No reasons were specified for upgrading Badangpet, Bandlaguda Jagir, Boduppal, Peerzadiguda, Jawaharnagar, Nizampet into municipal corporations having between 22-33 wards except Meerpet with 46 wards. Municipalities like Jagityal, Adilabad, Nirmal, Kamareddy, Suryapet, Nalgonda, Miryalguda, Siddipet, Mahabubnagar, having 43 to 49 wards were, however, not upgraded to municipal corporations. Civic infrastructureThe BJP said that most of these were gram panchayats converted into ULBs very recently and now to municipal corporations without any upgradation in civic amenities like roads, water, sewerage, etc.

Source: The Hindu July 19, 2019 17:48 UTC