An Analysis of the Functioning of Ward Committees in Bangalore

Ward committees were formed as mandated in the 74th CA in Bangalore in 1999. This was a progressive step taken by the government and Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) towards decentralising the functions and bringing administration closer to the masses. However, wards committees have not been formed in any of the municipal corporations other than that of Bangalore, even after 12 years of the legislation in Karnataka, which is a gross violation of Constitutional provisions. In Bangalore, wards committees were functional for a short period between April 1999 and November 2001. CIVIC conducted a study of their functioning in 2003 for the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi.

Year: December, 2006
Author: Civic Bangalore
file attach: An Analysis of the Functioning of Ward Committees in Bangalore From July 2003 to December 2006