By Anil Kumar Vaddiraju:
Urban governance under the 74th Amendment Act has been ignored in Karnataka. A study of Dharwad district shows that the Act is not implemented in letter and spirit and governance and planning is done through a small section in the deputy commissioner’s/collector’s office and has no links with the chief planning office in the zilla panchayat.
Economic & Political Weekly, Vol – XLVIII No. 02, January 12, 2013