Administrators appointed in 6 Municipal Corporations in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani has directed the Municipal Commissioners who are acting as the administrative head of the 6 municipal corporations, the five-year terms of elected bodies of which are expiring on 13 December, to carry out the day-to-day operations of their municipal corporations till the next general elections and the first meeting of newly elected bodies. However, during this period they will not be able to make any policy decisions.

The decision was taken by the chief minister with an objective of maintaining day-to-day civic welfare works and order in the cities as well as not to cause any problem to the citizens. The six municipalities in the state where such responsibilities have been assigned to the Municipal Corporations are Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar.