By: Ibni Maqbool
Srinagar: Delimitation Commission in its second draft presented before the Members of Parliament (MP) a few days back has proposed to carve out at least ten smaller assembly segments in Jammu and Kashmir.
In its draft proposal, a copy of which is with The Precious Kashmir, the delimitation commission headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice (Retd.) Ranjana Desai has proposed to carve out 10 smaller assembly segments.
The draft proposal was shared with Members of Parliament of Jammu and Kashmir by the delimitation commission on Friday evening to seek their suggestions and objections, if any.
According to the proposal, seven such segments are in Jammu region and three in Kashmir.
As per details, Gurez (Bandipora), Karnah (Kupwara) and Kunzer (Baramulla) have less than one lakh population.
While the population of Gurez is 37992, Karnah and Kunzer have 87627 and 99763 souls, respectively.
In Jammu region, Bani (Kathua), Mughalmaidan (Kishtwar), Padder (Kishtwar), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (Reasi), Kishtwar (Kishtwar), Basholi (Kathua) and Ramgarh (Samba) figure in the list of segments having population of less than one lakh souls. These segments respectively have population of 74905, 84442, 51279, 73684, 94975, 84711 and 94344.
It is worthwhile to mention that the proposal would be put in public domain after MPs would submit their suggestions/ objections to the panel.
The commission would then seek feedback from the general public and hold public sittings at different places in J&K to decide on suggestions/objections received from the public.
The delimitation commission was constituted by the Government of India on March 06, 2020 to fix boundaries for 90 assembly segments and five Lok Sabha seats of J&K. The extended tenure of the panel is coming to an end in the first week of March.
