A separate Directorate of Municipal Affairs in the Urban Development Department has been created with immediate effect.
According to Department of P&AR Department the new Directorate of Municipal Affairs and the existing Directorate of Urban Development would be under the common administrative head. The officers and staff of both the Directorates would be under the common cadre of Urban Development.
Further, the manpower of the existing Municipal Affairs Cell under the Directorate of Urban Development Department would be utilized to man the new Directorate of Municipal Affairs. The Directorate of Municipal Affairs would look after framing of Municipal and Town Council Rules and others.