The recent flood devastation across all major cities, was preceded by frequent fire accidents in offices, coaching classes, hospitals, gaming zones etc. Then, the monsoon rains saw the collapse of dozens of dilapidated buildings, with the death of their occupants.
Of the 17 BJP mayors elected to municipal corporations this year, six are women. All the six female candidates the BJP had fielded for mayor’s post have won.
An official spokesperson said to ensure political reservation rights of Backward Classes (BCs) in the urban local bodies, the Cabinet accepted the Haryana Backward Classes Commission’s report.
Among the constituencies that will go to polls in the first phase are Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's Lucknow and Prayagraj.
The counting of votes will be taken up on May 13. A total of 4.32 crore voters will exercise their franchise at 43198 polling booths to elect members for 14,684 posts in this civic poll.
Directing the conduct of urban local bodies elections in the state without OBCs reservation, the apex court ordered the State Backward Commission to submit by March 31, 2923, a report on the political backwardness of OBCs for giving them quota in the local bodies.
Taking a step forward towards updating the complete records of urban local bodies (ULBs) in Haryana on a digital platform, the Chief Minister Manohar Khattar on Wednesday digitally launched the 'Nagar Darshan' portal.
The municipal commissioners of all corporations and executive officers of municipalities and NACs have been asked to take up site-specific actions to rescue homeless persons and arrange temporary shelters for them, said an official of the State Urban Development Agency (SUDA)
Shimla had scored a total of 3,695.03 points out of the total 6,000 points in Swachh Survekshan whose results were declared today by Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri and a total 3.514 citizens had participated in the survey.
The meeting ruled out the possibility of conducting the polls next month, given the increasing number of Covid cases in Punjab.
