Summary:
The BBMP Restructuring Committee has published a draft of ‘The Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill’ that provides for a three-tier governance structure – Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) at the city level, multiple corporations, and zonal committees and empowered ward committees. However, the draft bill provides for multiple corporations and zonal committees in each corporation. The bill proposes to get all parastatals under the administrative control of the GBA,” said Mathew Idiculla, Centre for Law and Policy Research, who helped the committee draft the bill. The bill also provides for an alternate way to decentralise administration by forming zonal committees comprising councillors elected from wards within the zone. All three major political parties underscored the need for a dedicated law for the governance of Bengaluru, which has a population of around 1.25 crore..