Hyderabad: City-based researcher Srinivas Kodali on Friday, December 12, wrote to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner RV Karnan seeking a map and defined boundaries of its new area. Last month the state government had approved the merger of 27 municipalities into the civic body, expanding its territory.

Kodali also objected to the way the GHMC was expanded without any defined boundaries, stating that it goes against the principles of map making. “As per the notification, the GHMC area, including the recently merged 27 ULBs, has been re-organised into 300 Election Wards under rule 8 of the Telangana Municipal Corporations (Delimitation of Wards) Rules 1996. It would take at least a month for anyone to look at 300 ward boundaries even when a map of any kind with rea

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