Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation

The Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. Ahmednagar municipal corporation is located in Ahmednagar which was formed in the year 2003.^[3]

Area of Jurisdiction

The Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation is comes under B-Class Municipal Corporation as Maharashtra State Rule. A.M.C consistently governs old city i.e. main city along with newly developed suburban area. The parts of city are

1. Nagar (Head city)
2. Savedi (Suburban)
3. Kedgaon (suburban)
4. Kotla
5. Nagapur (Excluding M.I.D.C.)
6. Bolhegaon
7. Shivajinagar
8. Govindpura
9. Mukundnagar
10. Tarakpur
11. Bhutkarvadi
12. Nalegaon
13. Sarasnagar
14. Burudgaon

Corporation Election 2012

Political Performance in Election 2012 ^[4]

S.No.	Party Name	Party flag or symbol	Number of Corporators
01	Indian National Congress (INC)		11
02	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		10
03	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)		16
04	Shiv Sena (SS)		17
05	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)		04
06	Independents		10

Tasks

As per the CNC Act, 1948, the key responsibility for providing Ahmednagar’s citizens basic urban services lies with the Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation. NMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

1. Intra-city transport service.
2. Building and Maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers.
3. Public Municipal schools
4. Water purification and supply
5. Hospitals
6. Street lighting
7. Maintenance of parks and open spaces
8. Sewage treatment and disposal
9. Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
10. Urban development and city planning of new areas.
11. Registering of births and deaths.

Administration

The corporation is headed by a Municipal commissioner, an IAS officer. He wields the executive power of the house. A quinquennial election is held to elect corporators to power. They are responsible for overseeing that their constituencies have the basic civic infrastructure in place, and that there is no lacuna on the part of the authorities. The mayor heads the party with the largest vote. A largely ceremonial post, he has limited duties.

Various departments such as public relations, library, health, finance, buildings, slums, roads, street lighting, traffic, establishment, gardens, public works, local audit, legal services, water works, education, octroi and fire services manage their specific activities. The activities of NMC are administered by its zonal offices.

1. Street lighting
2. Maintenance of parks and open spaces
3. Sewage treatment and disposal
4. Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
5. Urban development and city planning of new areas.
6. Registering of births and deaths.

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