30/06/2015 …. The directorate of municipal administration has forwarded the date of 25 october as the election date for electing new municipal councils for 11 municipalities around the state according to director of municipal administration elvis gomes ….
It may be noted that the state government has already decided not to hold municipality elections on party lines and has also increased the number of wards in various municipalities according to their class
Addressing media persons director of municipal administration elvis gomes gave details about the number of wards being increased in certain class municipalities
Mr gomes said that the work of the delimitation of municipality wards was entrusted to the respective taluka mamlatdar’s who would classify as which wards did required to be rationalized
Mr gomes also stated that there were few financial implications due to the increase of no of wards