Kanpur Municipal Corporation

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Kanpur Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Establishedin 1861 as Municipality of Cawnpore
Leadership
Mayor
Pramila Pandey, BJP [1]
since 12 December 2017
Municipal Commissioner
Shivasharanappa G N, IAS
Structure
Seats110
Kanpur, UP Municipal Corporation 2023.svg
Political groups
Government (73)
  •   BJP (73) [2]

Opposition (22)

Others (15)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
11 May 2023
Next election
2028
Meeting place
City Hall (KMC Building), Moti Jheel, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Website
kmc.up.nic.in

Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) is a municipal corporation of Kanpur city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [3] Kanpur has area of 10863 sq km. The corporation has 110 wards covering area equal to 403 square kilometres. [4] [5] [6]

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History

The municipality in Kanpur, then Cawnpore was first established on 22nd November 1861 under the chairmenship of a District Magistrate. Lala Sheo Prasad was the first Vice Chairman of the association of Cawnpore Municipal Committee. The Town Hall building was erected at Cooperganj in the year 1879 with investment of around 2,16,000 rupees. [7]

The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892.[ citation needed ] The city became a municipal corporation in 1959. [8] Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur. [9]

Elections

See List of mayors of Kanpur

See also

Kanpur (Mayoral Constituency)

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