Jaipur : The report of retired IAS Lalit K. Panwar Committee constituted to review the 17 new districts created in the previous Congress government was discussed in the Cabinet Sub Committee meeting on Monday. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and Deputy Chief Minister Premchand Bairwa were also present in this meeting held in CMO. However, no decision could be taken in the meeting regarding increasing and decreasing the districts. But, there are indications that there may be a reduction in some districts. Possibly, the government can cut down on small districts. The next meeting of the committee will be held after 15 days. After the meeting, Water Supply Minister Kanhaiyalal Chaudhary raised questions on small districts and said that if an area equal to one assembly constituency is made a district, then 200 districts will be formed in Rajasthan. He said that criteria must be fixed in the formation of districts. Especially the population should be kept in mind. What basis has the Panwar Committee made for the districts, what should be the distance. This was discussed in the meeting, demand for some new districts is also coming. All this will be discussed in the next meeting.
2000 crores spent on one district
The minister said that it costs about Rs 2000 crore to form a district. Pratapgarh district was formed in 2008. Despite so many years having passed, there is still a lack of administrative resources there. It will take 8 to 10 years to provide so many facilities in the new districts as well. He said that Rajasthan has a population of 7 crores, it is necessary to maintain it according to administrative units. Jaipur is a big district, if there is a small district then how will it be equal. In many new districts, people have also protested that they have been wrongly added to this district. Many people want to stay in the old district itself. Todaraisingh was added to Kekri district while the people there want to stay in Tonk. Therefore, whatever decision the committee takes will be taken in the interest of the public. It is worth noting that retired IAS Lalit K. Panwar has recently submitted a report to the government regarding the formation of new districts.
