City gets 21 new wards
The number of wards in the city has gone up to 64
DILIP PATEL
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The state election commission has completed work on the delimitation of 21 wards of Ahmedabad for ensuing civic elections. A notification, in this regard, will be issued shortly.
After the new wards coming into effect, the number of wards in the city has gone up to 64. The need to form new wards arose after the merger of 18 municiaplties and 30 villages three years ago. The state government had asked the poll panel to divide the merged areas in 64 wards. The number of councillors have also been raised to 192.
“The state had asked the election commission to finish delimiataion of wards ahead of civic elections. Ahmedabad District Collector has submitted its report in this reagrd and we will soon come up with a notification. Each ward will have three councillors and a population of 70,000,” said State Election Commission Secretary Prakash Shah.
The poll panel will soon start work on voters’ list and is planning to incorporate voters’ photograph in the list. “A first in the country, e-voting will be introduced in Ahmedabad for civic elections,” Shah added.
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