Jalgaon Municipal Corporation

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Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation

Jalgaon Shahar Mahanagar Palika
Type
Type
History
FoundedMarch 2003
Leadership
Mayor
Jayshree Mahajan [ citation needed ](SHS)
Commissioner
Vidya Gaikwad[ citation needed ]
Structure
Seats75
Political groups
Government (64)
   SHS:56 seats
   NCP:8 Seats

Opposition (11)

   BJP:8 seats
   AIMIM:3 Seats
Elections
Last election
2018
Website
http://www.jcmc.gov.in

Jalgaon City Municipal Corporation (JCMC) is the local Urban administrative body of the Jalgaon city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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It is situated in North Maharashtra administrative–geographical region of the state.

Jalgaon municipality was established in the year 1864. [1]

The Municipal corporation is composed of democratically elected members and currently[ peacock prose ] headed by Mayor Jayshree Mahajan of Shiv Sena. [2] It administers the city's infrastructure and public services. JMC was founded 21 March 2003. [3] It serves an area of 68.78 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for approximately 460,000 people. [4]

History

The British government established the Jalgaon municipality in the year 1864, it had 35 municipal councils till 1961 census. In 1961 its population was 80,315. [1]

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the central and state Government. [5] [6] [7]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the non-tax related revenue streams of the corporation :

Housing scam

In 1996, the officials of the corporation built 200 houses for individuals living below the poverty line. The project tender attracted 11 responses. Khandesh Builders was awarded the contract. [8]

The Jalgaon Housing Scam (Marathi : Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala or Gharkul Ghotala, घरकुल घोटाळा) was publicized in 2012. It was alleged that documents were forged and deadlines illegally overridden by firms owned by Suresh Jain and Gulabrao Devkar, the sitting ministers of Maharashtra.

The scam was exposed when Praveen Gedam, the municipal commissioner of Jalgaon, filed a First Information Report against Jain and Devkar. Chandrakant Sonawane, a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the architect of the project, along with 90 others, were sued for providing forged documents and also for delaying and overriding multiple deadlines. [9] After years of court proceedings, Dhule District Court sentenced Jain and Devkar to seven and five years in prison, respectively, [10] [11] under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, India Penal Code Section 420, and many sections of corruption, misuse of office, cheating, theft of taxpayer money, submitting forged documents, fraud, and confidence tricks. [12] [13] The Jalgaon housing scam was one of the largest scams of Maharashtra, totaling Rs 110-crore. Investigation revealed that Minister Suresh Jain, Gulabrao Devkar, Khandesh Builders, the architects, and other corporates conspired to exploit the Government of India's affordable housing initiative, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–then called the Gharkul scheme.

A police investigation led by IPS officer Ishu Sindhu exposed that the owners of Khandesh Builders were friends with Suresh Jain and that the entity's headquarters were located at Jain's residence. The money given by Jalgaon Municipal Corporation to Khandesh Builders first advanced Rs 15-crore then Rs 45-crore routed to firms owned by Jain's friends and family members. Builders started work on 5,000 houses but completed only 1,500. [14]

Mayors of Jalgaon

YearMayorPolitical PartyNotes
2006 – 2007Tanuja Tadvi   Nationalist Congress Party
2016 – 2017Nitin Laddha   Khandesh Vikas Aghadi
2017 – 2018 Lalit Kolhe    Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena
2018 – 2021Seema Bhole   Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 – PresentJayshree Mahajan   Shiv Sena

Deputy Mayors of Jalgaon

YearMayorPolitical PartyNotes
2016 – 2017 Lalit Kolhe    Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena
2017 – 2018Ganesh Sonawane   Khandesh Vikas Aghadi
2021 – PresentKulbhushan Patil   Shiv Sena

List of Chairman, Standing Committee

Alliance Composition

S.No.Party NameParty flag or symbolAllianceNumber of Corporators
01 Shiv Sena (SS) Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg MVA 56
56 / 75
02 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) NCP-flag.svg 08
8 / 75
03 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)08
8 / 75
04 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Indian Election Symbol Kite.svg 03
3 / 75

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