T.N. govt. to consider complaints over merger of village panchayats with urban local bodies: Minister
The Hindu
Minister Nehru addresses concerns over merger of village panchayats with urban local bodies, allowing complaints through District Collectors.
Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru said on Wednesday said the government will consider complaints regarding the merger of 370 village panchayats with various urban local bodies.
Responding to a query by AIADMK legislator K.A. Sengottaiyan in the Question Hour, Mr. Nehru pointed out there were over 12,000 village panchayats in the State and of them only 371 were merged with various urban local bodies.
If there were any objections over the merger, complaints could be made through the District Collectors in 120 days, the Minister said.
There were no objections when village panchayats were merged with municipal corporations but only when they were merged to form a town panchayat there were issues, he said. The Minister further said the Chief Minister would be consulted to arrive at a decision.
AIADMK legislator K.A. Sengottaiyan said some villages were opposed to the move to merge village panchayats with town panchayats or municipalities or municipal corporations, as the case may be.
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