Officials issued a draft notification on June 5, proposing 60 wards comprising 1,34,019 voters, and invited written objections, complaints, and suggestions from the public by June 11.
It may be noted that the State government had decided to create Kothagudem Municipal Corporation by merging the Kothagudem and Paloncha municipalities along with seven gram panchayats
No clarity over the seven gram panchayats; Sujatha Nagar, Komatipalli, Nayakulagudem, Narasimhasagar, Mangapet, Nimmalagudem and Laxmidevipalli in Sujatha Nagar mandal that are part of the proposed municipal corporation
The leaders of CPI (M), Adivasi JAC, residents of the seven gram panchayats of Sujatha Nagar mandal proposed to be merged into the corporation, oppose State government's move
