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4,398 Nominations From PwDs For Rural Local Body Seats

The New Indian Express Chennai

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August 03, 2025

In the first phase of nominating a person with disability (PwD) to rural local bodies, the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department has received a total of 4,398 nomination applications from 2,901 village panchayats in nine districts of the state.

- NIRUPAMA VISWANATHAN @Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2025, was amended recently to nominate a person with disability in every village panchayat, panchayat union council and district panchayat. The deadline for submission of applications ended on July 31. In the nine district panchayats, 63 nomination applications have been received, an average of seven per district panchayat. For the 74 panchayat unions where nominations were called for, 462 applications were received, an average of six per panchayat union.

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