Formation of new urban bodies in accordance with public aspirations and demands of local residents, urban facilities will be developed in towns
Nine new urban bodies came into existence in the state last year, seven Nagar Panchayats upgraded to Nagar Palika
Raipur. 3 January 2025: Nine new urban bodies have been formed in Chhattisgarh between January and December last year. The state government has also upgraded seven Nagar Panchayats as Nagar Palika during this period. The state government has sensitively considered the demands of the local residents and has approved the formation of new urban bodies to meet the public aspirations. This will give further impetus to the work of providing urban facilities in the towns developing as emerging cities. Including the urban bodies formed last year in the state, there are now a total of 192 urban bodies. These include 14 Municipal Corporations, 54 Municipalities and 124 Nagar Panchayats. I
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, nine new Nagar Panchayats have been formed in the last calendar year 2024 to speed up the infrastructural development in accordance with the demand of the town population of the state and the emerging cities. On the initiative of Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Arun Saw, prompt action has been taken to form new urban bodies and upgrade the Nagar Panchayats with high population to Nagar Palikas to fulfill the local public aspirations and give them a concrete form.
On the demand of public representatives and local people, Lal Bahadur Nagar and Ghumka of Rajnandgaon district, Jarhagaon of Mungeli, Patna of Korea, Kusmi of Bemetara, Devbhog of Gariaband, Shivanandanpur of Surajpur, Bamhnidih of Janjgir-Champa and Palari of Balod district have been made Nagar Panchayats between January and December in the year 2024. Keeping in view the public aspirations, Gaurela Nagar Panchayat and Pendra Nagar Panchayat of Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district have been upgraded as Nagar Palika. Along with these, Lormi Nagar Panchayat of Mungeli district, Abhanpur Nagar Panchayat of Raipur, Bodri Nagar Panchayat of Bilaspur, Simga Nagar Panchayat of Balodabazar-Bhatapara and Ramanujganj of Balrampur-Ramanujganj have also been upgraded as Nagar Palika.
