BMC Elections Delimitation Update: 10 Ward Boundaries may undergo change

The boundaries of a few electoral wards in the city, are likely to change. This means that the electorates of a few thousand people may shuffle which in turn will change the prospects of several candidates.

 

The civic body had announced the new ward boundaries and reservations on October 3, 2016 post which they had invited suggestions uptill 20th October. The rearrangement in boundaries was initiated after the citizens sent their suggestions and objections.

 

According to sources, about 10 electoral wards are likely to see alterations in their current boundaries. The committee went through over 600 suggestions and objections that included wrongly marked boundaries that divided one society in two wards and an open playground in two wards.

 

A senior civic officer requesting anonymity, said, “We had initially formed the wards on the basis of population by keeping it constant to about 54,000 in almost all 227 wards except in a few cases where permission of the state election commission was taken. But when citizens objected to a few of the boundaries and sent us their suggestions, we redrew about 10 electoral wards. These will be minimal changes on the basis of site inspection.”

 

“The committee appointed by the election commission directed us to carry out spot verification for all the feedback that the citizens sent us. We then started our field work and have nearly completed the procedure of drafting the report and shall submit it by next week. The final ward boundaries will be uploaded on the BMC’s website by end of this month,” said a senior civic officer associated with the process. The names of the wards were not disclosed as the report is still being prepared.