Kanpur Munincipal Corporation कानपुर नगर निगम کانپور نگار نگم Kanpur Nagar Nigam |
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Type | |
Type |
Municipal Corporation of the Kanpur
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Leadership | |
Mayor
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Commissioner
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Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Provincial Civil Service (Uttar Pradesh)
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Leader of Opposition
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Pawan Gupta, Indian National Congress
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Structure | |
Political groups
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Bhartiya Janta Party |
Political groups
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Indian National Congress |
Elections | |
Last election
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2012 |
Meeting place | |
City Hall (KMC Building), Moti Jheel, Kanpur | |
Website | |
Kanpur Municipal Corporation |
Kanpur Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation of Kanpur city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The corporation is the largest in the state of Uttar Pradesh with 112 wards covering area equal to 450 kilometres square.
The municipality in Kanpur was first established on November 22, 1861 under the chairmanship of a District Magistrate.
The first drainage system was established in 1872 and the first protected water supply in 1892. The city became a municipal corporation in 1959. Ram Ratan Gupta became the first mayor of Kanpur.