Capital city no longer an issue in Andhra Pradesh
Ten years after its bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh still does not have a capital. But what’s more surprising is that the lack of capital has even ceased to be an issue in this election.
Ten years after its bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh still does not have a capital. But what’s more surprising is that the lack of capital has even ceased to be an issue in this election.
With a plethora of elected and other agencies, overload of Delhi‘s governance structure has been a huge drag. In addition to 272 councilors in the erstwhile three Municipalities, 70 MLAs in the NCT government and seven MPs, there is the New Delhi Municipal Council for the cloistered Lutyens‘ zone, and Cantonment Board, not to talk of the Union government controlling its land and policing. Multiplicity of institutions, often with overlapping jurisdictions and sometimes contradictory goals, make for sub-optimal output and outcome, a lot of waste
With an area of about 127,000 square km, East Kalimantan is home to more than 3.7 million people.
The report also says all the rest of the 10 top polluted cities are from India -- Bulandshahr, Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow (all in UP), and Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) and then, Delhi.
The New Delhi Municipal Council also secured the award for the best performing capital among all state capitals and Union territories.
