Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation or the AMC, established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act, 1949, is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Ahmedabad.

1 Services
2 Obligatory services
3 Discretionary services
4 Administration
5 External links

[edit] Services

As per the section 63 and 66 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, the AMC is responsible for certain obligatory and discretionary services.

[edit] Obligatory services

Erection of boundary of city defining city limits
Watering, Scavenging and Cleansing of all public streets and places
Sewage services
Drainage services
Fire services
Health & Medical services
Street Lighting services
Maintenance of a monuments & open spaces
Identification of streets & houses
Regulation and abatement of offensive and dangerous trades or practices
Maintenance of burial houses and funeral homes
Construction or acquisition of public markets and slaughter houses
Construction or acquisition of cattle-pounds
Primary education services
Health and hygiene services
Construction, maintenance and alternation of bridges
Water supply services
Preventing and checking the spread of dangerous diseases
The securing or removal of dangerous buildings and places
Construction of conservancy staff quarters
Maintenance of relief works in scarcity, floe etc

[edit] Discretionary services

Construction and maintenance of maternity homes & infant welfare houses
Maintenance of central laboratories
Swimming pool and other public health services
Tree plantation on road sides
Construction and maintenance of public parks and gardens
The holding of exhibition, athletics or games
The maintenance of an ambulance services
Construction and maintenance of theatres, community halls and museums etc.
Building or purchase of staff quarters
Construction and maintenance of public transport facilities
Construction and maintenance of educational institutes
Construction and maintenance of infirmaries and hospitals
The destruction of animals and birds causing a nuisance
Construction and maintenance of factory for the disposal of sewage
The building or purchase and maintenance of suitable dwellings for the poor and working classes
Provision of shelter to homeless persons and poor relief
Surveys of buildings or lands
Measures to meet any calamity affecting the public in the city any measure to promote public safety, health, convenience or instruction

[edit] Administration

Organisational structure of the AMC

The corporation is headed by a Municipal commissioner, an IAS officer appointed by the government of Gujarat. He wields the executive power of the house. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 5 zones - central, east, west, north and south. Recently in year 2006 the new zone has been formed named NEW WEST ZONE. The area covered in this zone was formerly governed by Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority. Each zone is further divided into 9 wards (with the exception of the south ward which is divided into 7 wards). Each ward is represented by 3 corporators. An election is held to elect corporators to power. The mayor heads the party with the largest number of corporators elected. A largely ceremonial post, he has limited duties.