AMARAVATI, September 4: The Andhra Pradesh Government has announced a schedule for completing the process of ward delimitation in 39 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and municipal corporations across the State.

The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department has fixed different deadlines for completing the delimitation exercise in various municipalities and municipal corporations.

The delimitation process in Vijayawada, Tirupati, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor, Parvathipuram, Salur, Narsipatnam, Ramachandrapuram, Jaggayyapeta, Macherla, Vinukonda, Sattenapalle, Markapuram, Chirala, Proddatur, Rayachoti, Rayadurg, Puttaparthi, Badvel, Nagari, Puttur, Kadiri, Yerraguntla, Jammalamadugu and Palamaner has been scheduled to be completed by September 3, 2026.

For Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), Eluru, Machilipatnam, Pedana, Pithapuram, Ongole, Guntur, Kadapa, Dharmavaram, Tadipatri and Nandyal, the department has set September 8, 2026 as the deadline for completing the ward delimitation process.

The delimitation exercise in Chilakaluripet and Nellore municipal corporations has been given a deadline of September 15, 2026.

The ward delimitation exercise is an important step in determining the boundaries and composition of municipal wards and is expected to facilitate the subsequent electoral and administrative processes in the urban local bodies.

The Municipal Administration Department has directed the concerned authorities to complete the exercise within the prescribed timelines. 

Vijayawada, April 23: Representatives of the Andhra Pradesh JAC (Joint Action Committee) Amaravati State Committee on Thursday paid a courtesy call on Anil Chandra Punita, the newly appointed State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, at the State Election Commission office in Vijayawada, and extended their greetings to him.

Speaking on the occasion, AP JAC Amaravati State Chairman Bopparaju Venkateswarlu assured the Commissioner of the employees' full cooperation in the successful conduct of the local body elections scheduled to be held in the near future. He urged the Election Commission to take proactive measures to ensure that employees deputed for election duty did not face any difficulties in the discharge of their responsibilities.

The delegation suggested that transparency and efficiency in the conduct of local body elections must be accompanied by due attention to the welfare of the employees involved in the process. They expressed the view that providing adequate facilities to personnel engaged in election duty would contribute to a smoother conduct of the electoral process overall.

Among those who participated in the programme were AP JAC Amaravati State Committee Secretary General Palishetty Damodar Rao, AP Revenue Services Association General Secretary Ramishetty Venkata Rajesh, State Secretary Rajinikanth Reddy, RTC Employees Union State General Secretary G.V. Narsaiah, and State Government Outsourcing Employees Association State Organising Secretary Keshav, among others.

VIJAYAWADA, March 31: The Bharatiya Janata Party's NTR District Mahila Morcha committee was formally constituted and sworn in on Tuesday morning at the party's NTR district office here, in a ceremony that drew senior party functionaries and newly appointed women leaders in large numbers.

The oath-taking ceremony, held at 11 a.m., was conducted under the direction of BJP State President PVN Madhav and BJP State Mahila Morcha President Nishita Raju, and was presided over jointly by BJP NTR District President Adduri Sriram and NTR District Mahila Morcha President MVK Padmaja.

Appointment letters were formally handed over to the newly inducted committee members by Adduri Sriram and MVK Padmaja, who also administered the oath of office to the incoming leadership.

Addressing the gathering, Adduri Sriram said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to appoint a tribal woman as the President of India and an ordinary woman party worker as the Union Finance Minister left no room for doubt that he stood firmly as a champion of women's empowerment. He expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for not merely encouraging women across all walks of life but for placing women's empowerment at the very centre of national governance.

Extending his congratulations to the newly constituted district Mahila Morcha leadership, Adduri Sriram called upon every elected woman leader to work tirelessly for the party — with the ferocity and determination of a cheetah — in the run-up to the forthcoming local body and panchayat elections, where he said the BJP must demonstrate its true strength.

The event was seen as part of the party's broader organisational consolidation ahead of local elections in Andhra Pradesh.