3 civic bodies reserved for women

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, FEB. 5. The Government has reserved the office of mayor to women in three of the 5 municipal corporations going to the polls next month, namely Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Vijayawada. Polls to two other corporations - Hyderabad and Rajahmundry - will be held later.

In the notification issued on Saturday, the Government set apart 35, the largest chunk of the 103 municipalities (offices of the chairpersons) going to the polls, for the backward classes followed by 19 for women (general), 11 for the Scheduled Castes and two for the Scheduled Tribes. With reservation in BC, SC and ST quota, the share of women adds up to 36. Total reservation number 67.

Copies of the notification were released at a press conference by the Minister for Municipal Administration, Mr. N. Mohd. Farooq, here. He said the notification on election schedule would be issued by the State Election Commission (SEC). He said the exercise of reserving seats for various communities was done in an `impartial and transparent' manner.

Warangal and Hyderabad Corporations are put in the unreserved category. Rajahmundry will go to the SC candidate, Vijayawada to the BC woman and Guntur BC general. Visakhapatnam and Kurnool are set apart exclusively for women (general).

The following are the municipality-wise reservation: Backward classes: Samalkot, Tuni, Repalle, Pithapuram, Amalapuram, Vizianagaram, Tadepalligudem, Palakol, Kakinada, Chirala (women), Gudivada, Kovvur (w), Koratla, Machilipatnam, Jaggayyapet, Malkajgiri (w), Bhimavaram (w), Kagaznagar (w), Vikarabad (w), Proddatur (w), Sangareddy (w), Khammam (w), Kamareddy (w), Bellampalli (w), Srikalahasti (w), Anantapur , Mahbubnagar, LB Nagar, Suryapet, Kapra, Uppal Kalan, Nalgonda, Serilingampally, Kukatpally and Qutbullapur.(35).

Women (General): Gudur, Eluru, Medak, Bobbili, Tanuku, Ramachandrapuram, Amadalavalasa, Srikakulam, Mangalagiri, Bapatla, Yemmiganur, Nellore, Wanaparthi, Narasaraopet, Rayadurg, Nizamabad, Bodhan, Siddipet and Kadiri (19).

STs: Ponnur (general), Yellandu (women).

SCs: Nidadavole, Parvatipuram, Kothagudem (w), Kandukur (w), Nuzvid (w), Adoni (w), Guntakal, Alwal, Ramagundam, Jangaon and Rajendranagar. (11).

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