Greater Bengaluru governance bill tabled

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: The Karnataka government on Tuesday tabled the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill which aims at establishing a maximum of 10 city corporations in order to decentralise municipal administration. founding of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) in which the chief minister will be the exofficio chairperson, the minister in charge of Bengaluru will be the vice-chairperson and the chief commissioner of the Greater Bengaluru Authority will be the ex-officio member secretary.

Karnataka ministers holding home, urban development, transport and energy portfolios and ministers from Bengaluru will be the exofficio members.

Apart from them, the mayors of the city corporations, two members from each city corporation nominated by city corporation members will a part of the GBA as members Bangalore Development Authority commissioner, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board chairperson, and managing directors of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, as well as Bengaluru police commissioner, chief executive officer of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority, chief town planner and engineer-in-chief of GBA, and the director of Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services will be the ex-officio members.

The commissioners of the city corporations will also be GBA ex-officio members but will not have voting rights.

All members of the House of the People and state Legislative Assembly whose constituencies lie within or substantially within the Greater Bengaluru Area shall be permanent invitees to the Greater Bengaluru Authority and may attend the meeting but will not have the right to vote, according to the bill.