MCD split gets nod, CM thanks PC
Finally after five months of suspense and uncertainty, the trifurcation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was cleared on Wednesday. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit announced the trifurcation after a meeting with Union home minister P. Chidambaram.
“Home minister P. Chidambaram has signed the file giving approval for trifurcation of MCD. We came here to thank him,” Ms Dikshit told reporters here after a meeting with Mr Chidambaram.
All the ministers of Delhi government were with Ms Dikshit during the meeting.
“Delhi Cabinet will meet on Thursday to decide when to convene a session of the Delhi Assembly where a bill for trifurcating the MCD will be placed,” Ms Dikshit added.
The Delhi government had sent the proposal to home ministry in early June seeking the go-ahead for trifurcation of the MCD ahead of the municipal polls. The home ministry, after giving the in-principle approval last week, had sent the proposal to the law ministry for vetting.
The chief minister, who strongly advocated the trifurcation of Asia’s largest civic body, had met Mr Chidambaram several times in the last three months seeking early clearance to the proposal. Ms Dikshit also raised the issue with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a meeting earlier this month.
Last month, the home ministry wanted certain amendments in the proposal, specifically on appointment of the commissioners for the three proposed municipal councils so that the Centre continues to have a say in the process. As per the proposal, the new civic bodies in North and South Delhi will have 104 wards each while the civic body in East Delhi will have 64 wards and a directorate of municipal services would be set up to coordinate the functioning of the three new bodies.
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