The government has given responsibility to the chief executive officer/acting chief executive officers to manage the administrative and financial powers by declaring that the 61 district councils of the country have ended.
The local government department issued a notification in this regard on Sunday (April 17).
It has been said that according to Section 5 of the Zilla Parishad Act, 2000, the term of 61 Zilla Parishads of the country has passed 5 years from the first meeting of the country as per the Zilla Parishad (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Amended). Councils were abolished.
