13 Additional Municipal Councils To Be Set Up In J&K

Jammu and Kashmir will get 13 more municipal councils as the Administrative Council of the Union territory approved upgradation of all district-level municipal committees along with creation of new committees. The decision will raise the number of municipal councils to 19 in a bid to strengthen urban local bodies by increasing their human resource capacities and streamline the cadre management.

Currently, there are six municipal councils in the Union Territory – Kathua, Udhampur, Poonch, Anantnag, Baramulla and Sopore. The upgraded municipal councils from committees include Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Ganderbal, Budgam, Bandipora, Kupwara, Reasi, Doda, Samba, Kishtwar, Ramban and Rajouri, the spokesman said.

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