* Administration publishes draft electoral rolls for election of 30
members to the committee that is entrusted with the task of finalising
development plan for Metro Region
Staff Reporter
With the
publication of draft development plan for Nagpur Metropolitan Region,
the administration has invited suggestions/objections from the citizens
within two months. Against this backdrop, the administration has started
preparations for conducting the polls to Nagpur Metropolitan Area
Planning Committee (NMAPC), which has been entrusted with the task of
finalising the development plan for Metro Region.
Devendra Fadnavis,
Chief Minister, has asked Anoop Kumar, Divisional Commissioner, to
conduct the polls to NMAPC before March 31. Following this, Anoop Kumar
has passed on the directions to Abhishek Krishna, District Collector, in
this regard. Accordingly, the administration has published draft
electoral rolls for election of 30 members to NMAPC. The elections are
likely to be held around mid-March. The administration has invited
suggestions/objections on draft electoral rolls by February 27.
The
draft electoral rolls for NMAPC polls have been displayed for public at
the offices of Divisional Commissioner, District Collector, Nagpur
Municipal Corporation (NMC), Zilla Parishad (ZP), and respective
Panchayat Samitis in Nagpur district. The objections/suggestions shall
have to be submitted in writing at Room No 13 in Divisional Commissioner
office in Civil Lines, in office hours. Once the draft electoral rolls
are finalised, the date of election will be announced.
NMAPC, headed
by Chief Minister, has 45 members including 30 elected and 14 nominated
by the Government. These 30 members are to be elected from among
members of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC); Zilla Parishad (ZP),
Panchayat Samiti, and Gram Panchayat; and municipal councils. Apart from
these 30 members, NMAPC will have Principal Secretary (Urban
Development-I), Divisional Commissioner, and other officials as members.
The committee will have 16 special invitees, 11 officials of
various State and Central Government agencies. The elected
representatives including MLAs and MPs also will be special invitees.
The Metropolitan Area includes Nagpur city; Nagpur (Rural), Kamptee,
Parseoni, Hingna, and Mouda tehsils; parts of Kuhi, Umred, Saoner, and
Kalmeshwar tehsils.
Previously, the elections to NMAPC were held in
the year 2009, through preferential voting. On several occasions,
meeting of NMAPC was scheduled but not held for want of availability of
the then Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. Meanwhile, ZP members Sudhir
Parwe and Vijay Ghodmare got elected as MLAs. Ghodmare lost in 2014
elections. Similarly, the corporators including Krishna Khopde and Vikas
Kumbhare also got elected to Assembly in 2009. In 2014 elections to
Assembly, both got re-elected. Besides, three more corporators namely
Prof Anil Sole (who was also the Mayor), Sudhakar Kohale, and Dr Milind
Mane also got elected as legislators recently.
Against the backdrop
of these and other changes at Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, and
municipal council levels, the elections to NMAPC are being held. Once
the committee is re-constituted, it will finalise the development plan
for Metro Region.
(Filed on February 24, 2015)
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