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The Delhi authorities connected Thursday announced the reorganisation of gross districts, expanding the existing 11 to 13 arsenic portion of a large overhaul to fortify medication and guarantee smoother transportation of nationalist services.
The determination was taken during a Cabinet gathering chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the restructuring aligns gross territory boundaries with 12 zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and aims to destruct long-standing jurisdictional disorder betwixt the 2 systems.
The 13th district, New Delhi, volition comprise the New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment areas, which autumn extracurricular the MCD.
Ms. Gupta said earlier governments had near the contented unaddressed for years, resulting successful delays successful work delivery, overlapping jurisdictions, and difficulties successful land-record management. “After the reorganisation, the boundaries of each 13 districts volition afloat align with those of the Municipal Corporation, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and the Delhi Cantonment Board, bringing clarity to governance and improving inter-departmental coordination,” she said successful a statement.
Under the caller structure, the fig of districts volition summation to 13 and subdivisions from 33 to 39.
The authorities besides reiterated its program to found modern, multi-departmental mini secretariats successful each territory truthful citizens tin entree a wide scope of services astatine 1 location, alternatively of visiting aggregate offices.
‘Historic step’
The caller secretariats volition marque monitoring and reviewing by territory officials much effective, Ms. Gupta said. She termed the determination a “historic step” towards adapting Delhi’s administrative strategy to the requirements of the 21st century.
As portion of the reorganisation, astir each existing territory boundaries person been redrawn. Shahdara territory has been merged with the North-East district, portion 3 caller districts – Old Delhi, Central North, and Outer North – person been added.
An authoritative notification is expected to beryllium issued aft Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena’s approval.
