The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh has strongly criticised the State Government for expanding the area under the jurisdiction of municipal corporations. He said that the state government is taking such a step without consideration or even taking the opinion of the local people. Due to this the people living in rural areas to be brought under municipal limits in the future will face problems.
If it is necessary to expand municipal limits the opinion of citizens living in rural areas should be sought first. He said that the big question is whether the people of rural areas want to be brought within municipal limits. He questioned the hurry shown by the government if the people are against the move. The government should first take the opinion of the people, he stressed.