Jamshedpur, Dec. 25 -- The East Singhbhum district election officer (DEO) Karn Satyarthi on Thursday issued a gazette notification reserving 17 of the 36 wards in the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) for women, while leaving 10 wards unreserved for the upcoming urban body elections in Jharkhand. The notification also stated that no ward has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the Jugsalai Nagar Parishad (JNP), and two wards in the Chakulia Nagar Panchayat (CNP) have been earmarked for ST communities.

According to the notification, a copy of which is with HT, besides Mango, nine wards in JNP and five wards in CNP have been reserved for women.

"Seventeen out of 36 wards in MMC are now reserved, while 11 out of 22 wards in JNP and ...