Jamshedpur, Feb. 22 -- Even as municipal elections in 48 urban local bodies (ULBs) in Jharkhand on Monday pave the path for Rs.2,148 crore Central funds, Jamshedpur has once again been left high and dry with no municipal body-its people deprived of the constitutional right to vote in urban polls and the city missing out on thousands of crores in Central grants, people aware of the matter said on Sunday.

Jharkhand has missed out on Rs.2,148 crore of Central grants for the past three years because elections were not held in these 48 ULBs. The 15th Finance Commission funds of Rs.728 crore were stalled in 2025-26 alone. These funds were withheld for the past three years because elected ULBs could not be formed in the state.

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