Meerut Municipal Corporation

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.

Meerut Municipal Corporation

मेरठ नगर निगम
Type
Type
Municipal Corporation
History
Founded31 May 1994
(Upgraded from Meerut Nagar Mahapalika)
Leadership
Mrs. Sunita Verma
Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasia
Structure
Seats90
Political groups
  BSP: 28 seats
  Independent: 18 seats
  SP: 4 seats
  INC: 2 seats
  RLD: 1 seats
  AIMIM: 1 seats
  BJP: 36 seats
Motto
(Hindi: नगर का विकास, नगर निगम के साथ)
(Development of City, With Municipal Corporation)
Meeting place
Town Hall, Jali Kothi, Meerut
Website
www.meerutnagarnigam.com

The municipal corporation covers an area of 141.94 km2 (54.80 sq mi). 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.[1][2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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 Ward Name of Corporator Political Party
1 Nai Basti Lallapura Tulsavati BSP
2 Maliyana Kamla Devi BSP
3 Bhagwatpura Raj Kumar Singh BSP
4 Shergarhi Suman BJP
5 Shivlokpuri Sumit BSP
6 Mohakampur Jyoti BJP
7 Pilna Sofipur Mahendra Singh Bharti BJP
8 Lisari Dharamvir Singh BSP
9 Kasampur Priya Shakya BJP
10 Kashi Vishal Chaudhary RLD
11 Shivpuram Rajkumari Chandna BSP
12 Shobhapur Surendra Kumar BSP
13 Jai Bheem Nagar Ajay BJP
14 Jagriti Vihar Sector-8 Sameer Singh BJP
15 Multan Nagar Kuldeep Singh BSP
16 Ajanta Colony Priya BSP
17 Abdullahpur Shaukat Ali BJP
18 Sarai Qazi Ravindra Kumar BSP
19 Dayampur Brahm Singh Independent
20 Kaseru Khera Vijay Sonkar BJP
21 Tulsi Colony Parmanand BSP
22 Golabarh Dimpy Alias Dimple BJP
23 Subhashpuri Rajesh Khanna Independent
24 Kaseru Baxur Savita BSP
25 Anoopnagar Fazalpur Rangeeta Independent
26 Tejgarhi Sunita Rani BJP
27 Pallavpuram Phase-1 Pradeep BSP
28 Rithani Saroj BSP
29 Subhash Nagar Pawan Chaudhary Independent
30 Modipuram Lokesh BJP
31 Shatabdi Nagar Himanshi Independent
32 Civil Lines Lalit Nagdev BJP
33 Qazipur Sitara Begum BSP
34 Shiv Shakti Nagar Neelam Sharma BJP
35 Hafizabad Mewla Poonam Gupta BJP
36 Jahidpur Shaukat Ali BSP
37 Ganganagar Gulveer Singh BJP
38 Khadoli Renu BJP
39 Brahmapuri West Rajeev BJP
40 Jatoli Munish Kumar BJP
41 Nagala Tashi Maheshpal Singh BSP
42 Jain Nagar Beena BJP
43 Brahmapuri East Ranjan INC
44 Mohanpuri Prasanjeet Independent
45 Jagriti Vihar Sector-3 Sachin Tyagi BJP
46 Yadgar Nagar Swati BJP
47 Shah Peer Gate Mobin Khan Independent
48 Madhavpuram Shikha Independent
49 Purwa Mahaveer Kashim BSP
50 Nagala Battu Sanjay Singh BJP
51 Sabun Godown Deepika Gupta BJP
52 Bhopal Singh Road Manmohan Johri BJP
53 Shastri Nagar Sector-3 Nidhi BJP
54 Purwa Illahi Baqsh Shehzad Independent
55 Fatehullahpur Asgari BSP
56 Prahlad Nagar Jitendra BJP
57 Pallavpuram Phase-2 Vikrant Dhaka BJP
58 Surajkund Road Anshul Gupta BJP
59 Jaidevi Nagar Kishan Kumar BJP
60 Phool Bagh Colony Neeraj Independent
61 Shastri Nagar L-2 Rajesh BJP
62 Indra Nagar Vipin Jindal BJP
63 L-Block Shastri Nagar Anuj Vashisht BJP
64 North Patel Nagar (Thapar Nagar) Sunita BJP
65 Khair Nagar Saudi Faizi Independent
66 Sarai Behleem Salma Malik BSP
67 Kailashpuri Rakesh Kumar BJP
68 Maqbara Diggi Mohd. Akram Independent
69 Sarai Laal Das Pankaj Goyal BJP
70 Ismail Nagar Mohd. Iqram INC
71 South Islamabad Mohd. Asif Independent
72 East Islamabad Aisaan Ansari Independent
73 Manzoor Nagar Abdul Gaffar BSP
74 Purwa Faiyaz Ali Irfaan Independent
75 Shahjahan Colony Jahara BSP
76 Shyam Nagar West Dilshad BSP
77 Lakhipura Zaibunisha SP
78 Swamipara Sandeep BJP
79 Kidwai Nagar Mohd. Rashid SP
80 Kareem Nagar Zubair AIMIM
81 Tarapuri Mohd. Shehzad Independent
82 Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar East Saed Akhtar BSP
83 Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar West-1 Qaiyum Ansari Independent
84 Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Nagar West-2 Aas Mohd. Independent
85 Zakir Hussain Colony Shabbir BSP
86 Zakir Hussain Colony North Iqramuddin SP
87 Zakir Hussain Colony South Zareena BSP
88 Shyam Nagar East Shabara BSP
89 Rashid Nagar Nazreen SP
90 Feroz Nagar Shaqeela 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, understandably, enraged some members of the council, which has around 80 members, for its undemocratic overtone.[7]

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.[8]

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 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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See also

References
  1. http://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/meerut-smart-city-drive-gets-locals-boost/57487071
  2. https://www.nyoooz.com/news/meerut/775588/meerut-municipal-corporation-begins-fogging-drive-in-city/
  3. "Welcome to the National Capital Region(U.P)". Archived from the original on 11 May 2012.
  4. "NCR – DelhiLive". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. "A to Z of world's largest cities and urban areas – Largest cities and urban areas M to R".
  6. http://www.meerutnagarnigam.com/downloads/buget-2017-2018.pdf
  7. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/muslim-councillors-in-meerut-walk-out-during-vande-mataram-membership-terminated/story-c0m8uAVw0X9omZ9642gDWK.html
  8. Rai, Sandeep (11 April 2017). "Meerut Muslim councillors stay out during Vande Mataram, return later". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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