Wards committee
Also called: Article 243S · Topic: Urban Local Government: Municipalities and Cities · NCERT: Class 6, Ch 12 "Grassroots Democracy – Part 3: Local Government in Urban Areas"
Meaning
A wards committee is a committee made up of one or more wards, the small areas into which a city is divided. Art. 243S requires one in every municipality with 3 lakh or more people. Its job is to bring municipal work closer to residents, so problems are spotted and fixed locally. The state law decides how it is formed.
Example
Class 6 shows ward committees running health camps and reporting water leaks and blocked drains to the municipality.
Don't confuse with
- Area sabha: an area sabha is a meeting of all voters of one polling-booth area. It was proposed in the Model Nagara Raj Bill (2008) and is not required by the Constitution.