BMP faces Bruhat challenge in delimitation

BMP faces Bruhat challenge in delimitation
New Indian Express

BANGALORE: Delimitation of wards in Greater Bangalore is yet to begin and the the Government has not issued the final notification on formation of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). There is an imbalance in terms of area and population.

According to the 2001 census, area under BMP has a population of 43,01,325 in 9,47,169 households and BBMP is expected to comprise a population of 76 lakh. But there is no rationale in creating wards in BMP areas, as HMT Layout ward has a population of 27,637 in 1,635 acres, while Binnypet ward has 28,069 population in 77 acres. Councilors of both wards are allotted the same amount of funds.

This imbalance is present in other wards, too. Kempapura Agrahara is spread over 86.91 acres, while Padmanbhanagar has an area of 1,735 acres. If the area is large, it means more road works and more drain works.

It also indicates greater enforcement work regarding building bylaw and garbage management. Large wards include JP Nagar with 1,088 acres, Airport with 1,715 acres, Sampangiramnagar with 1,115 acres, CV Raman Nagar with 1,474 acres and Sanjaynagar with an area of 1,364 acres.

On the other hand, Padmanabhanagar has a population of 1,12,407, while Amarjyothinagar has 21,896. Wards with high population include Srinagar (62,163), Hanumanthnagar (62,630), Ganeshmandir (87,307), Kaval Bairasandra (84,461) and Hebbal (74,126), while many wards don’t even have half these numbers.

Kaakshipalya ward has a population of 25,742, Basaveshwaranagar has 23,228 and Shivanagar has 28,121. But the ward with lowest population is Mudalpalya with 15,597 people.

BMP sources said that the matter is under consideration and once the final notification for BBMP is issued, delimitation would commence.