The Punjab government will now set the boundaries of the blocks with new heads. The blocks on the formula of panchayats under DSP will end. Now the block blocks of the border of the villages will be decided. All the blocks will come under the concerned district and the assembly circles under it. With this
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The Panchayat Department has issued orders in this regard to the District Development and Panchayat Officers. The boundaries will be determined, not the panchayat, on the basis of the boundary of the villages. According to the proposal, now 80 to 120 villages will be included in each block. This process will have to be completed by 30 April. After this, the officials concerned will have to send a report to the department.
Blocks will be according to assembly constituencies
The order issued by the Panchayat Department states that 80 to 120 villages will be included in each block. The boundaries of the blocks will be decided according to the assembly constituencies and they will remain within the district boundary. The population and area will also be taken into consideration at the time of reorganization. This process will be completed according to the 2011 census.
Where more than one village is included in a panchayat, only one block will be considered. Earlier, the number of villages in the block was not equal. Somewhere this number was 20 to 30 villages. While there were 50 villages in many places. Due to this, people had to face problems.
Punjab Panchayat Department building.
Approval has been given by cabinet
Experts believe that this decision can reduce the total number of blocks. However, there are many villages in the state whose assembly constituencies, blocks and districts are different. The proposal was approved by the government in the cabinet meeting held on 11 April. After this, this action started in this direction.