Summary:
There are 34 urban local bodies in Jharkhand at present.At present, Jamshedpur has Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) under the purview of Tata Steel, Mango Municipal Corporation and Jugsalai Nagar Parishad. The issue of whether Jamshedpur residents can exercise their third franchise has been a subject of legal tussle for three decades. Earlier in October, Jamshedpur West MLA and state minister for food and civil supplies Saryu Rai wrote a letter to urban development minister C P Singh stating that he must be consulted for making Jamshedpur an industrial town or a municipal corporation. "The directive comes amid growing pressure on the government from different quarters to make Jamshedpur an autonomous municipal corporation so that its residents can exercise their third franchise. Speaking to TOI after the meeting, Kumar said "The department will publish a draft notification of the lists for deliberation as soon as the revised territories have been submitted to them by the district administration..