3 Delhi BJP-Run Civic Bodies To Be Merged, President's Sign Awaited
NDTV
The centre has said the move to combine the three MCDs would ensure better operations, save costs and ensure better use of funds.
Delhi's three municipal agencies, run by the BJP, have been merged into one today, after the Rajya Sabha passed a bill to this effect. It was already cleared by the Lok Sabha.
The move to unify the three municipal corporations, or MCDs, namely South, East and North, came under stiff opposition from the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, which is in power in Delhi under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The centre has said the move to combine the three MCDs would ensure better operations, save costs and ensure better use of funds.
Till now, the revenue collected by the three MCDs differed widely. The South Corporation is the richest among the three, while the North Corporation suffers from acute shortage of funds.
