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Merger Of 18 Panchayats With Berhampur Municipality Unlikely Before Civic Body Polls

By
Sunil Patnaik

Berhampur: Possibility of merger of 18 panchayats with the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) before civic body polls in 2022 looks bleak.

The state government had decided to merge these 18 panchayats adjacent to Berhampur city with BeMC in 2008 when the municipality body was upgraded into a corporation.

The people of these panchayats having 3 lakh population of 60,000 families have been demanding the merger since 2006. But these areas were not included in the BeMC even after the 2013 and 2018 civic polls.

A special team has been formed to suggest delimitation of wards and reservation of seats for the candidates. “We would submit the report within November 15 after reviewing the special team report. The people can register their complaints from November 9 to 18 and the final notification on delimitation of wards and reservation of seats would be published on November 29,” said BeMC Commissioner Sidhheswar Baliram Bondar.

As the process of 3-tier panchayat election on delimitation of panchayats, reorganisation and reservation of wards has already been completed and these panchayats are maintaining the status-quo, the chances of amalgamation in BeMC is remote, said some political analysts.

Meanwhile, president of Odisha Development Forum (ODF) Ram Prasad Tripathy and vice-president Babita Patra have protested the state government’s negligence towards  inclusion of 18 panchayats in BeMC even 13 years after the gazette notification.

Sunil Patnaik

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