Gwalior Municipal Corporation
Gwalior Town Hall
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| Formation | 1887 |
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| Type | Municipal Corporation |
| Headquarters | Gwalior |
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Official language
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Hindi, English |
| Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar | |
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Key people
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Anay Dwivedi (IAS) |
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Budget
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₹1,727,844,482.34 (US$27 million) (2012-2013) |
| Website | Official website |
Gwalior Municipal Corporation is the Municipal Corporation established in 1887,it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Gwalior, located in Madhya Pradesh, India. The organization is known, in short, as GMC. This civic administrative body administers an area of 380 km2. GMC is headed by Shri Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar, present Mayor of Gwalior.
The city is currently divided into 66 wards. Each ward elects a corporator. The winning party elects a council of members, who are responsible for various departments. The council members chose the Mayor among themselves. At present, there are sixty one members in the council. The Commissioner of Gwalior is the highest officer of Municipal Corporate Office, which is responsible for the departments of public works, revenue and tax, water supply, planning and development, fire brigade, health and sanitation, finance and accounts etc. The current Municipal Commissioner of Gwalior is Anay Dwivedi, while the current Mayor is Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar.
Gwalior Municipal Corporation came into existence on 6 June 1887. It was established by the Council of Regency which was responsible for administration of the Gwalior Estate.
In 1904, general functions of urban local bodies like city planning, sanitation etc. were assigned to the Gwalior Municipal Corporation along with establishment of a separate Municipal Corporation for Old Gwalior.
In the year 1912, yet another Municipal Corporation was established for Morar Nagar. It functioned in accordance with the Municipal Act which was formulated in 1911 but was implemented in 1912.
After the implementation of Municipal Corporation Act in the year 1913, a separate Governing body was established by the elected members of board and His Highness, Madhavrao Scindia resigned from the post of Chairperson which he occupied until 1912.
In the year 1922, a new board was formed with 45 members, where 30 members were elected, and 15 members were nominated from different parts of the city. During the governance of this board, Gwalior city saw many remarkable changes, most remarkable being the establishment of a Power House at Motijheel and Water Supply Plant to supply water to the entire city.
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