Telangana Govt to convert Utnoor Grampanchayat into Municipality

Adilabad, Oct 16: The Telangana state government is planning to convert the major Grampanchayat (GP) Utnoor into a municipality by merging nearby Grampanchayats into it keeping the growing population of Utnoor.

The population of Adivasis will further dwindle if the Utnoor major Grampanchayat will be converted into a Municipality. Mandamarri has established as a municipality long ago, but no elections were conducted because a case was pending in the court till recently.

A petition was lodged in the High Court that the place came under the Agency area. Just recently, the court asked the officials concerned to conduct elections in Mandamarri.

The Utnoor area which is a major Grampanchayat is still considered as the center of the Agency area in the old Adilabad district.

The state government has already promised to convert the adivasi 'Gudems' and 'Lambada Thandas' into GPs in the state.

According to reliable sources, the state government is planning to convert the major Grampanchayat Utnoor into a Municipality, bringing the other gram panchayats Lakkaram, Shympur, Danthanpalli, Hasnapur and Nagapur under the Municipality.

It is said that the conversion of the Grampanchayat Utnoor into a Municipality will be completed by April 2018.

Already, the state government announced that the nearby gram panchayats are being merged into existing municipalities to create urban or major municipalities in the state.