GANGTOK, May 28: The Sikkim state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today proposed the Chief Secretary to the government of Sikkim and Secretary to the Urban Development and Housing Department to publish the notification delimiting the wards of Gangtok Municipal Corporation in local newspapers. The party also called for copies of the same to all political parties of the state and the Panchayat of the areas that are being converted from Panchayat under the Rural Department to Municipality under the Urban Department besides having a provision of public hearing before the final delimitation. The notification delimiting the wards of Gangtok Municipal Corporation, Singtam, Rangpo, Jorethang-Nayabazar, Namchi Municipal Council, and Mangan, Pakyong, Rhenok, Rongli, Ravangla, Soreng, Geyzing, and Pelling Nagar Panchayat was reportedly issued on May 22. It seeks views, suggestions, and comments within 30 days. In its communiqué today, the BJP also emphasized the need for a public hearing, the date o...
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