Pimpri: The draft ward structure of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation was announced on Tuesday. The ward will start from Talwade and will be the last ward in Sangvi. There will be 45 wards of three members and one ward of four members for a strength of 139 corporators. The minimum population of the ward is 32 thousand and the maximum population is 40 thousand. 22 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 3 for Scheduled Tribes. 114 seats are for general public.
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation had drafted the plan four times for the upcoming elections. The number of corporators in the Municipal Corporation increased from 11 to 139. This ward structure has keen interest among corporators as well as interested candidates and citizens. There was a lot of curiosity about what the new ward would look like, what part would be added to it, which part would be left out. The discussion of the draft is happening everywhere including in the political arena. The 2017 election was held through a four-member ward system. At present there are 32 wards in the city. Now according to the three-member system, there will be 46 wards. Of these, 45 wards will be for three corporators and one ward for four corporators.
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After submission of the draft it was amended 50 times
While preparing the draft ward structure, marks indicating the enumerator groups, wards were fixed. It was amended 50 times after the draft was submitted to the State Election Commission. There is 16 percent reservation for Scheduled Castes in local bodies. Therefore, there will be 22 members in the 139-member municipality hall. The number of male and female members will be 11-11. Ward No. 29, 19, 20, 22, 43, 11, 37, 18, 29, 34, 16, 35, 17, 44, 39, 32, 46, 41, 14, 25, 38, 33 These 22 wards SC are reserved for. There is three percent reservation for Scheduled Tribes in local bodies. According to this, at present the number of members of the Scheduled Tribes will be only three. Wards 41, 5 and 6 will be reserved for them. These wards are Dighi, Bhosari and Pimple-Gurav. The minimum population of the ward is 32 thousand and the maximum population is 40 thousand. Ward 37 has the lowest population of 32 thousand 664. Highest population is in Talwade ward which is 40 thousand 767. The population of Sangvi which is a four member ward is 46 thousand 979.
class rank of corporators
- SC: 22
- ST: 3
- General Category: 114
- Total: 139
This is how reservation
- SC: 16%
- ST: 3 percent
- General Category: 114