Ranchi: The state government has started deliberations to maintain panchayat bodies functional in case of any additional delay in aquatic polls which are because since December this past year.
In Januarythe Jharkhand government allowed six months expansion to over 4,000 panchayat bodies by forming three-tier samities due to their daily functioning.
The extension phase will end on July 31, and then polls need to be maintained or all of panchayat bodies could get dissolved.
In the event of the latter situation, the section would face problem in use of funds intended for panchayat bodies and local field development in a time once the pandemic has hit on the market and caused rural anguish.
On Wednesday, state rural development ministry Alamgir Alam held a meeting with his officers to research possibilities in this respect and prepare an alternate road map to maintain panchayat bodies usable.
The department is currently considering two alternatives — to offer expansion of the next six months or place the rural figures under the administrative control of the state administration, a movement that Bihar government has embraced recently.
Speaking to TOI, Alam explained,”We have opted to write individual letters to the Union government and also the advocate general (AG) of this nation and seek their view.
According to the Panchayati Raj Act, expansion may only be granted once for just six months.
Thus, we’ll find the Centre’s view on the subject.
Meanwhile, we’ll also find the AG’s view before choosing a last call” Despite the fact that Covid-19 instances have noticed a drastic dip from the country, the government is treading carefully to avoid some uptick in disease.
Included in its very first unlock step, the state authorities on Tuesday eased constraints in 15 districts by enabling all sorts of stores to restart operations while curbs continued to stay at the remaining nine districts which have a higher rate of disease.
Alam declared that running surveys over the next two weeks won’t be feasible.
“If all goes well, we’ll be in a place to maintain the election November-December rather than before that since it takes a good deal of floor work like delimitation and preparing the voter record, amongst others.
We’re asking the State Election Commission to be prepared for the surveys, but I really don’t observe the election occurring anytime prior to the end of the year.
Thus, the only solution would be to research whether to provide expansion into the panchayat bodies put them under administrative management,” he explained.