Bikaner Municipal Corporation is the municipal corporation governing Indian city of Bikaner. 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. Bikaner Municipal Corporation is headed by Mayor of city and governed by Commissioner.
History and administration
Bikaner Municipal Corporation was formed to improve the infrastructure of the town as per the needs of local population. Bikaner Municipal Corporation has been categorised into 80 wards and each ward is headed by councillor for which elections are held every 5 years.
Bikaner Municipal Corporation is governed by mayor Sushila Rajpurohit and administered by Municipal Commissioner.
Functions Bikaner Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions:
Planning for the town including its surroundings which are covered under its Department's Urban Planning Authority . Approving construction of new buildings and authorising use of land for various purposes. Improvement of the town's economic and Social status. Arrangements of water supply towards commercial, residential and industrial purposes. Planning for fire contingencies through Fire Service Departments. Creation of solid waste management, public health system and sanitary services. Working for the development of ecological aspect like development of Urban Forestry and making guidelines for environmental protection. Working for the development of weaker sections of the society like mentally and physically handicapped, old age and gender biased people. Making efforts for improvement of slums and poverty removal in the town.
Revenue sources
The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government.
Revenue from taxes Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Property tax. Profession tax. Entertainment tax. Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax. Advertisement tax.
Revenue from non-tax sources
Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Water usage charges. Fees from Documentation services. Rent received from municipal property. Funds from municipal bonds.
Wards WardCouncillorsAssembly constituencyNamePolitiical PartyWard 1 (OBC)ChandrakalaBikaner WestWard 2 Deepak KumarWard 3 (OBC)ShivWard 4 (SC-W)TeejaWard 5 (SC-W)Manisha SinghalBikaner EastWard 6 Sandeep GahlotWard 7 (OBC)Geeta DeviWard 8Bhagwan SinghWard 9 (SC)Vinod Kumar DhavalWard 10 (OBC)Kapil SinghWard 11Vikas SiyagWard 12HimanshuWard 13 Surendra SinghWard 14 (W)Kiran BhatiBikaner WestWard 15 (OBC)Abdul WahidWard 16 (SC)Poonam ChandWard 17 (W)ChetnaWard 18 Maqsood AhmedWard 19 (W)Asha DeviWard 20 (OBC)Chitra DeviBikaner EastWard 21 (OBC)Rizwan KhanBikaner WestWard 22 Prateek SwamiBikaner EastWard 23 (W)SarojWard 24GaurishankarWard 25Mohd. HussainWard 26Sanjay Kumar RakhejaWard 27 Dilip Kumar BanthiyaWard 28 (W)Lakshmi DeviWard 29 (OBC)Govardhan RamBikaner WestWard 30 Abdul SattarWard 31 Puneet KumarWard 32 Bhagwwati Prasad GaurWard 33 (SC-W)Sinwari DeviWard 34 (OBC)Anirudh Kumar ChaudharyWard 35 Manoj BishnoiWard 36 (OBC)Anuradha ChaudharyBikaner EastWard 37 Shyam Singh BhatiWard 38 Chhail SinghWard 39 (OBC)Salman KhanWard 40 (W)Kavita BishnoiWard 41 Ashwani MidhaWard 42 (W)Lakshmi DeviWard 43 PrakashWard 44 (OBC)ShubhkaranBikaner WestWard 45 (SC)OmprakashWard 46 (OBC)Shiv KumarWard 47 (W)Savita JoshiWard 48 (SC)Nandlal JawaWard 50 Navratan DagaWard 49 (OBC)SushmaWard 51Pankaj GahlotBikaner EastWard 52 Ummed SinghWard 53 (OBC)Anish AliBikaner WestWard 54Pawan KumarWard 55 Javed PariharWard 56 (W)AnnapurnaBikaner EastWard 57 (W)AnnapurnaWard 58DurgadasWard 59 (W)AparnaWard 60 Naval Kishore PurohitWard 61 Giriraj JoshiWard 62 Akbar AliWard 63 (OBC)Deepak TanwarWard 64Javed AliWard 65 (W)Sapna MaruWard 66 (W)Naseem BanoWard 67 Hemendra BhatiWard 68Shankar Lal TanwarWard 69 (W)Leela GahlotWard 70VikramWard 71 (SC)JagdishWard 72 (W)NishaWard 73 AnilWard 74 (W)SaritaWard 75Dharamvir NahataWard 76 Vishal KumarSoniWard 77 (SC)Rahul KumarWard 78 (W)Zulekha BanoWard 79 (W)SheetalWard 80Mohd. Ateek
See also List of municipal corporations in India
References
External links Official Website