Panvel Municipal Corporation

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Panvel City Municipal Corporation
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Type
Type
History
EstablishedOctober 2016;7 years ago (October 2016)
Preceded byPanvel Municipal Council
Leadership
Mayor
Dr. Kavita Chaoutmol (BJP) [1]
Municipal Commissioner & Administrator
Shri Sudhakar Deshmukh
Deputy Mayor
Sita Tai Patil
Opposition Leader
Pritam Mhatre (PWP) [2]
Structure
Seats78
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Political groups
  BJP: 51 seats
  PWP: 23 seats
  NCP: 2 seats
  INC: 2 seats
Elections
Last election
2017 [3]
Website
http://www.panvelcorporation.com

Municipal Corporation of The City of Panvel is the governing body of the city of Panvel in Raigad district. [4] [5] [6] Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (Chennai) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (Mumbai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) by 1762. [7] Sitamarhi Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner. Panvel Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

Contents

In 2016 Maharashtra State cabinet decided to elevate Panvel Municipal Council to Municipal Corporation.

List of Mayor

#NameTermElectionParty
1Kavitha Chautmal10 July 20178 July 20224 years, 363 days2017 Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Deputy Mayor

List of Chairman, Standing Committee

History

Panvel Municipal Council was formed on August 25, 1852 as the first municipal council in the country.[ citation needed ] The First President of Panvel Municipality is Mr.Yusuf Noor Muhammad Master, The initial notification for converting Panvel Municipal Council to Municipal Corporation came in the year 1991 but was never finalised. After rapid urbanisation post-2000, Panvel Municipal Council was eventually upgraded to Municipal Corporation in 2016.

Panvel Municipal Corporation is the first Municipal Corporation in Raigad district, 9th in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and 27th in the state of Maharashtra. The Municipal Corporation includes 29 revenue villages of Panvel taluka including CIDCO colonies of Taloja, Kharghar, Kalamboli, Kamothe, New Panvel covering area of 110 km2.

The Government of Maharashtra through its Urban Development Department's notification dated 14 October 2016 has added 11 more villages (namely: Bid, Adivali, Rohinjan, Dhansar, Pisarve, Turbhe, Karvale Budruk, Nagzeri, Taloje Majkur, Ghot and Koynavele) of Panvel Taluka to the Panvel Municipal Corporation. Earlier these 11 villages were part of MMRDA's sanctioned development plan of "AKBSNA"(Ambernath Kulgaon Badlapur Surrounding Notified Area).

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government. [8] [9] [10]

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

Corporation election 2017

Political performance in election 2017

Panvel Municipal Corporation elections were conducted on 24 May 2017. [11]

2017 results
PartiesNumber of Corporators
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP+RPI) 51
Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) 23
Indian National Congress (INC) 2
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 2
Shiv Sena (SS) 0
Independents 0

Administration

The Municipal Corporation is headed by Mr. Sudhakar Deshmukh (previously Dr. Ganesh Deshmukh), who holds the post of Municipal Commissioner-cum-Administrator in the absence of an elected legislature.[ citation needed ] After the first elections will be held in summer 2017, the municipal corporation will consist of democratically elected members, headed by a mayor and administer the city's infrastructure, public services and supplies.

City Representatives
Mayor Dr. Kavita Chaoutmol
Deputy MayorJagdish Gaikwad
Municipal Commissioner & AdministratorGanesh Deshmukh
Leader of the HouseParesh R. Thakur
Leader of Opposition Pritam Mhatre
Commissioner of Police Hemant Nagrale (Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate)

See also

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