Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed the Howrah ward delimitation amendment bill, with state ministers stressing the need to redraw ward boundaries in view of the growing population and ensure effective delivery of civic services.

Speaking to ANI, West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul said delimitation was necessary to ensure that civic services and development funds were distributed according to the population of different wards.

"Delimitation is very necessary because we have to provide services to the people. A large ward with a population of 80 thousand gets the same amount of money for development as a ward with a population of 18 thousand," Paul said.

She alleged that providing services was not a priorit...