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Changing municipal wards in Delhi

Kashmir Times. Dated: 7/1/2016 11:34:22 PM

Dear Editor,
It refers to media-reports about re-fixing municipal wards in Delhi for the next municipal-elections in Delhi in a manner each of the municipal ward may cover approximate equal population. Presently delimitation in Delhi is largely haphazard and opportunity in change of municipal wards should be well utilized in a manner so that delimitation of even Lok Sabha constituencies for future may also get streamlined. Major roads or rail-lines should be dividing boundaries between different municipal wards. River Yamuna should be the border-line for separating East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) with other two civic bodies namely North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), even though municipal-wards in EDMC may cover slightly less population than those covered by NDMC and SDMC.
Lok Sabha constituencies then should have two exclusive constituencies for eastern side of river Yamuna with simplified names as ‘East Delhi’ and ‘Yamuna Vihaar’ with river Yamuna as boundary to separate rest of the five seats on other side of the river which could have easy names as ‘New Delhi’, ‘Old Delhi’, ‘South Delhi’, ‘North Delhi’ and ‘West Delhi’ eliminating confused nomenclature like North-East Delhi or North-West Delhi. All the seven Lok Sabha constituencies may comprise of ten assembly-seats even though twenty trans-Yamuna assembly-seats may have slightly less representation of voters.
There is a peculiar situation in UP-bordering areas like Abu Fazal Enclave (Delhi) where alternate streets in the colony are in UP and Delhi with even Kalindi Kunj park on Delhi-side of river Yamuna falling in UP! Such a peculiar situation should be avoided by Centre’s intervention to redefine Delhi-UP border very marginally so that river Yamuna may act as boundary-line between UP and Delhi in Abu Fazal Enclave area of Delhi.
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Delhi.