New civic zone to boost facilities, says Preety Agarwal

New Delhi: Carving out of the new Keshavpuram zone in the national capital is an exercise carried out for the “first time” since the creation of the original zones of the MCD, North Delhi mayor Preety Agarwal claims.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was established in the late 1950s. In 2012, it was trifurcated into North, South, and East Delhi Municipal Corporations or NDMC, SDMC, and EDMC respectively. L-G Anil Baijal had recently approved redrawing of zonal boundaries under the NDMC. Under it, Keshavpuram zone was carved out while City and Sadar-Paharganj zones of the NDMC were merged into a single entity — City-Sadar Paharganj Zone.

“It is for the first time in the history of the MCD that a new zone has been created since the carving out of the original civic zones. 

“The distribution has ensured that work for officials would now be evenly distributed, which was not the case earlier,” Ms Agarwal said. “Also, a new zone means that the area will get more focus now. So, the decision would benefit both the civic body as well as the people,” she added.

The NDMC has a total of 104 wards spread over six zones. Before the redrawing, the zones were — Rohini, Civil Lines, City, Sadar Paharganj, Narela, and Karol Bagh. Even after redrawing, the total number of zones remains the same. Ms Agarwal said that according to the new municipal zonal boundaries, the new Keshavpuram zone will have 18 wards, Karol Bagh 13, Narela 16, City-Sadar Paharaganj 13, Rohini zone 26, and Civil Lines zone 18 wards. The SDMC also has 104 wards spanning four zones — Central, South, West, and Najafgarh. EDMC has 64 wards spread across two zones — Shahdara (North) and Shahdara (South).