New Delhi, The standing committee of the Municipal Company of Delhi on Wednesday permitted a proposal to rename its zones to align them with the Delhi authorities’s income districts, officers stated.
The transfer is aimed toward bettering coordination and lowering administrative overlap, they added.
Underneath the proposal, Narela zone can be renamed ‘Outer-North’, Civil Traces as ‘North’, Rohini as ‘North-West’, and Keshavpuram as ‘North-Central’. Karol Bagh can be renamed ‘Metropolis-Sadar Paharganj’, whereas Najafgarh will change into ‘South-West’.
Shahdara and Shahdara can be renamed ‘East’ and ‘North-East’ respectively. The South and West zones will retain their current names.
In keeping with an official assertion by the civic physique, the train follows the reorganisation of Delhi’s income districts in December final yr, the place their quantity was elevated from 11 to 13.
At current, the MCD has 12 zones, as New Delhi is a separate income district underneath the New Delhi Municipal Council .
“The names of MCD zones can be aligned with the districts of the Delhi authorities to make sure higher coordination amongst departments,” stated Satya Sharma, the chairperson of the standing committee, within the assertion.
She additional stated that the restructuring is proscribed to nomenclature and won’t have an effect on the present jurisdictional boundaries of any zone.
“There can be no change in geographical limits. That is solely to make the executive system clearer and extra environment friendly,” she stated.
The proposal has been cleared in accordance with provisions of the Delhi Municipal Company Act, 1957, which mandates Central authorities approval for such modifications, the assertion learn.
The proposal can be despatched to the Ministry of Residence Affairs after approval by the Company Home, following which a draft notification can be issued and, upon closing clearance, notified within the official Gazette.
This text was generated from an automatic news company feed with out modifications to textual content.