Meerut Municipal Corporation

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Meerut Municipal Corporation

Meerut Nagar Nigam
Type
Type
History
Founded31 May 1994
Leadership
Amit Pal, IAS [2]
Structure
Seats90
Meerut Municipal Corporation 2023.svg
Political groups
NDA (42)
  •   BJP (42) [3]

Opposition (49)

Motto
(Hindi: नगर का विकास, नगर निगम के साथ)
(Development of City, With Municipal Corporation)
Meeting place
Meerut Town Hall, 1886.jpg
Town Hall, Jali Kothi, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Website
www.meerutnagarnigam.com/main/default.aspx

The Meerut Nagar Nigam (MNN) also known as Meerut Municipal Corporation (MMC) is the civic body that governs Meerut city. Established under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act-1959, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city.

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The municipal corporation covers an area of 450 km2 (170 sq mi). [5] The first mayor of Meerut was Late Mr. Arun Jain from independent and first Deputy Mayor was Late Mr. Mohd. Ashraf Advocate. Since then, the Municipal Body has always been alive in its constitution and functioning to the growing needs of citizens. [6] [7]

Meerut is the second largest city in the National Capital region, and as of 2011 the 33rd most populous urban agglomeration and the 26th most populous city in India. [8] [9] It ranked 292 in 2006 and is projected to rank 242 in 2020 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in the world. [10]

History

Meerut Town Hall was constructed in 1886 while Municipal Board (Nagar Palika) was established in 1892. On 15 June 1982 it was upgraded as Municipal Council (Nagar Mahapalika). On 31 May 1994 after enactment of Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1959, it was further upgraded as Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam).

Objective

MMC work for providing necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the Finance Commission and Government of Uttar Pradesh. Its sources of income are taxes on water, houses, markets, entertainment and vehicles paid by residents of the town and grants from the state government. Its annual budget in 2017–18 was ₹4812.2 million. [11]

Amendment

The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments were introduced in 1992 and were meant to facilitate greater decentralization at the rural and urban level respectively. They did so through providing legal status to local assemblies and entrusting them with greater functions and powers. The inclusion of certain social categories that had historically been marginalized from policy making and implementing structures was fundamental to the project of decentralization. These social categories were the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women. While the 73rd Amendment applies to the Panchayati Raj system, the 74th Amendment applies to Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats depending on the size of the city. The 74th Amendment states:

"Not less than one – third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Municipality shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Municipality.

Functions

The Twelfth Schedule to the Constitution lists the subjects that Meerut Municipal Corporation is responsible for. The Corporation is entrusted to perform functions and implement schemes including those in relation to the matters listed in the Twelfth Schedule.

Legislative Branch

Mayor is elected to serve as the de jure head of the municipal corporation. He is the head of the house (Meerut Town Hall) and belong to the party which is in majority. The office of the Mayor has ceremonial role associated with being the First Citizen of the city.

In every five years an election is held to elect corporators to power. The corporators 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. Position of Mayor is currently reserved for woman from Scheduled Caste category. Mrs. Sunita Verma from BSP is the incumbent Mayor of the city. Her husband Mr. Yogesh Verma is former MLA from Hastinapur.

Wards

As of 2017, the Meerut Municipal Corporation's legislature, also known as the Corporation Council, consists of 90 directly elected corporators while additional 10 corporators are nominated by state government. Out of 90 directly elected corporators; 35 seats are unreserved, 17 seats are reserved for women coming from any category, 16 seats are reserved for people belong to Other Backward Class category, 7 seats are reserved for women from Other Backward Class category, 10 seats are reserved for people belong to Scheduled Caste category and 5 seats are reserved for women from Scheduled Caste category.

List of wards in MMC in 2017 election
S.No.Name of WardName of CorporatorPolitical Party
1Nai Basti LallapuraTulsavati BSP
2MaliyanaKamla Devi BSP
3BhagwatpuraRaj Kumar Singh BSP
4ShergarhiSuman BJP
5ShivlokpuriSumit BSP
6MohakampurJyoti BJP
7Pilna SofipurMahendra Singh Bharti BJP
8LisariDharamvir Singh BSP
9KasampurPriya Shakya BJP
10KashiVishal Chaudhary RLD
11ShivpuramRajkumari Chandna BSP
12ShobhapurSurendra Kumar BSP
13Jai Bheem NagarAjay BJP
14Jagriti Vihar Sector-8Sameer Singh BJP
15Multan NagarKuldeep Singh BSP
16Ajanta ColonyPriya BSP
17AbdullahpurShaukat Ali BJP
18Sarai QaziRavindra Kumar BSP
19DayampurAshutosh Malik BJP
20Kaseru KheraVijay Sonkar BJP
21Tulsi ColonyParmanand BSP
22GolabarhDimpy Alias Dimple BJP
23SubhashpuriRajesh Khanna Independent
24Kaseru BaxurSavita BSP
25Anoopnagar FazalpurRangeeta Independent
26TejgarhiSunita Rani BJP
27Pallavpuram Phase-1Pradeep BSP
28RithaniSaroj BSP
29Subhash NagarPawan Chaudhary Independent
30ModipuramLokesh BJP
31Shatabdi NagarHimanshi Independent
32Civil LinesLalit Nagdev BJP
33QazipurSitara Begum BSP
34Shiv Shakti NagarNeelam Sharma BJP
35Hafizabad MewlaPoonam Gupta BJP
36JahidpurShaukat Ali BSP
37GanganagarGulveer Singh BJP
38KhadoliRenu BJP
39Brahmapuri WestRajeev BJP
40JatoliMunish Kumar BJP
41Nagala TashiMaheshpal Singh BSP
42Jain NagarBeena BJP
43Brahmapuri EastRanjan INC
44MohanpuriPrasanjeet Independent
45Jagriti Vihar Sector-3Sachin Tyagi BJP
46Yadgar NagarSwati BJP
47Shah Peer GateMobin Khan Independent
48MadhavpuramShikha Independent
49Purwa MahaveerKashim BSP
50Nagala BattuSanjay Singh BJP
51Sabun GodownDeepika Gupta BJP
52Bhopal Singh RoadManmohan Johri BJP
53Shastri Nagar Sector-3Nidhi BJP
54Purwa Illahi BaqshShehzad Independent
55FatehullahpurAsgari BSP
56Prahlad NagarJitendra BJP
57Pallavpuram Phase-2Vikrant Dhaka BJP
58Surajkund RoadAnshul Gupta BJP
59Jaidevi NagarKishan Kumar BJP
60Phool Bagh ColonyNeeraj Independent
61Shastri Nagar L-2Rajesh BJP
62Indra NagarVipin Jindal BJP
63L-Block Shastri NagarAnuj Vashisht BJP
64North Patel Nagar (Thapar Nagar)Sunita BJP
65Khair NagarSaudi Faizi Independent
66Sarai BehleemSalma Malik BSP
67KailashpuriRakesh Kumar BJP
68Maqbara DiggiMohd. Akram Independent
69Sarai Laal DasPankaj Goyal BJP
70Ismail NagarMohd. Iqram INC
71South IslamabadMohd. Asif Independent
72East IslamabadAisaan Ansari Independent
73Manzoor NagarAbdul Gaffar BSP
74Purwa Faiyaz AliIrfaan Independent
75Shahjahan ColonyJahara BSP
76Shyam Nagar WestDilshad BSP
77LakhipuraZaibunisha SP
78SwamiparaSandeep BJP
79Kidwai NagarMohd. Rashid SP
80Kareem NagarZubair AIMIM
81TarapuriMohd. Shehzad Independent
82Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar EastSaed Akhtar BSP
83Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar West-1Qaiyum Ansari Independent
84Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar West-2Aas Mohd. Independent
85Zakir Hussain ColonyShabbir BSP
86Zakir Hussain Colony NorthIqramuddin SP
87Zakir Hussain Colony SouthZareena BSP
88Shyam Nagar EastShabara BSP
89Rashid NagarNazreen SP
90Feroz NagarShaqeela BSP

Vande Mataram row

Following the crackdown on slaughterhouses and the harassment unleashed by the anti-Romeo squad, the Mayor of Meerut told Municipal Commissioner to act to those who refused to sing Vande Mataram at the beginning of the Nagar Nigam board meeting in the city. Mayor Harikant Ahluwalia allegedly did not let seven corporators take part in a meeting after they refused to participate in the singing of the national song. He has also allegedly declared that anyone who does not comply with this rule will not be allowed to cross the threshold of the board room or join meetings. The decision has enraged some members of the council, which has around 80 members, for its undemocratic overtone. [12]

The situation came to a boiling point when some members, mostly Muslims, were leaving the room before the recital of the national song commenced. They were informed by some BJP members that "Hindustan mein rehna hai to Vande Mataram kehna hoga (If you want to live in India, you have to sing Vande Mataram)." To placate the enraged majority, the mayor was allegedly forced to pass a resolution through voice votes to make the singing of the national song mandatory at the council. [13]

Executive Branch

The Meerut Municipal Corporation is administratively headed by Municipal Commissioner, who is the de facto head of the municipal corporation, the form of government which is granted to a city of over one million in population. He is an IAS Or PCS officer appointed by the state government to head the staff of the Municipal Corporation, vested with all executive powers of Municipal Corporation and implement the decisions of the Corporation and prepare its annual budget. Municipal Commissioner is assisted by two Additional Municipal Commissioners and one Joint Municipal Commissioner at headquarters located near Ghanta Ghar, Kaiser Ganj Road, Meerut. All departmental heads reports to Municipal Commissioner.

Zones

Meerut Municipal Corporation is divided into three zones each head either by a Deputy Municipal Commissioner or by an Assistant Municipal Commissioner. The Municipal Corporation is divided into 90 wards, which is managed through 4 zones.

The three Zones are :-

  1. Headquarters
  2. Shastri Nagar
  3. Kanker Khera

Finance and Accounts Department

Finance and Accounts Department is headed by Chief Finance Officer (CFO). There is one Account Officer and Assistant Account Officer in the department.

Health Department

Health Department is headed by City Health Officer (CHO). There are many Additional City Health Officers, Veterinary Doctors, Zonal Health Officers etc.

Engineering Department

Engineering Department is headed by Chief Engineer (CE) who is assisted by three Executive Engineers, one Assistant Engineer and eight Junior Engineers. Department also has many supervisors, clerks, mates and peons.

Water Works Department

This department is headed by Senior Engineer (SE). Two Executive Engineers, one Assistant Engineer and one supervisor usually manages water related problems in the city.

Sanitation Department

Sanitation Department is headed by Chief Sanitary Inspector (CSI) who is assisted by many Sanitary Inspectors, Safai Nayak, sweepers.

Street Lighting Department

This department is headed by Inspector, Street Lighting (ISL). Solar Lights, LED lights are used in major parts of the city.

Taxation Department

Taxation Department is headed by Chief Tax Assessment Officer (CTAO). There are two Tax Assessment Officer and four Tax Superintendents in the department. Department also has many Assistant Tax Superintendents, Revenue Inspectors, clerks and peons.

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