New Delhi: Delhi Cabinet yesterday (Dec 27, 2006) decided to convene a special Assembly session in mid-January to discuss the proposed Master Plan of the city and to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act.

However, the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit did not fix any date for the proposed session.

Sources said a Cabinet meeting will be held tomorrow to finalise the date.

The session is being planned to discuss the master plan threadbare before it is notified.

They said the Delhi government is also planning to amend the DMC Act which would change the number of wards from two to four in each assembly segment.

Presently, according to the DMC Act, MCD cannot have more than 134 wards. However, after amendment of the Act,the number of wards will be doubled.

In the last Assembly session, Delhi government had moved a resolution stating that MPD-2021 would be discussed in the house before it is implemented.

The government had also written to the DDA in this regard. A DDA official said the draft MPD 2021 will be presented before the Delhi Government on January 2.

Earlier in the day, Acting Lieutenant Governor A R Kidwai met Delhi politicians including Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, with the elected representatives taking exception to the fact that their suggestions were not incorporated in the Master Plan of Delhi.