After several rounds of discussion and debates over categorising of BMC wards, finally the reservation of BMC wards was done on Monday at the Gandhi Medical College conventional hall.
Out of 85 wards, 21 wards were reserved for OBC, 12 wards were reserved for Scheduled Caste category and two wards were reserved for Schedule Tribe category.
For women 42 wards have reserved. In the 42 wards reserved for women 6 were reserved for Scheduled Caste, 1 was reserved for Scheduled Tribe, 11 were reserved for OBC and 24 were for General category. The process of reserving the wards of local bodies’ election was completed on Monday. The 21 wards reserved for OBC category are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15, 21, 25, 32, 33, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 52, 61, 65 and 69. The 10 wards reserved for Scheduled Caste are 10, 11, 28, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 59, 63, 76 and 81. Ward number 26 and 85 were reserved for Scheduled Tribe.