As many as 103 new nagar panchayats and eight new municipal councils got the green light in Bihar on Saturday.
The state cabinet during a meeting approved the formation of the new local bodies. Apart from this, five municipal councils were changed into corporations.
In the meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the proposal to upgrade 32 nagar panchayats to municipal councils was also approved.
The meeting approved the proposal to convert Sasaram Municipal Council, and the Motihari, Bettiah, Samastipur and Madhubani councils into corporations.
The 103 city panchayats approved in the meeting include Punpan and Paliganj in Patna district and Harnaut, Sarmera, Rahui, Parwalpur, Giriyak, Asthawan, Ekangrasarai and Chandi in Nalanda district. Of the 32 nagar panchayats to be converted to city councils.