Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday assured for conducting a population survey of the nearby Birgaon municipality to provide it the status of Municipal Corporation.
A delegation led by former MlA Nandkumar Sahu met the Chief Minister at his residence during Jandarshan programme on Thursday
and handed over a memorandum demanding Municipal Corporation status for Birgaon municipality.
Sahu informed the Chief Minister that the population of Birgaon municipality area was about 96,000 according to Census 2011 and it would have become 1.06 lakh in three years.
It has 35 wards and five more wards will be added with delimitation process while taking the total to 40.
Singh said that if the population is above one lakh, then necessary steps will be taken according to rules to give status of Municipal Corporation.
“A survey will be done to assess the current population status of the municipality,” added Singh.