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प्रश्न
List four ways in which the work of the Municipal Corporation affects the life of a city-dweller.
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उत्तर
The work done by the Municipal Corporation, which affects the life of a city-dweller:
(i) Installing, maintaining and repairing street lights
(ii) Ensuring proper collection and disposal of garbage
(iii) Keeping the streets and the markets clean
(iv) Ensuring that diseases do not break out in the city
(v) Running schools, hospitals, and dispensaries
(vi) Laying, maintaining and repairing roads
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following story and answer the questions that follow it:
One lazy Sunday afternoon Mala and her friends Shankar, Jehangir and Rehana were playing a game of cricket in the street.
Shankar had bowled a good over and although he nearly managed to get Rehana out, she was still batting. Frustrated, he bowled a short ball and hoped she would hit it for an easy catch. Instead, Rehana hit the ball so hard and so high that the street light broke. Rehana screamed, “Oh no, look what I’ve done!” Shankar said, “Yes! we forgot to make a rule that if you break the street light you are automatically out.” But Mala, Jehangir and Rehana were more worried about what had happened and they told Shankar he’d better stop thinking about the wicket.
Last week they had broken Nirmala Mausi’s window and had spent their pocket money to have it replaced.
- Would they have to dish out money again from their pockets?
- But who would they pay this to?
- To whom did the lights on the streets belong?
- Who changed them?
Why did the children go to Yasmin Khala’s house?
How does the Municipal Corporation earn the money to do its work?
Several poor people in the city work as domestic servants as well as work for the Corporation, keeping the city clean. Yet the slums in which they live are quite filthy. This is because these slums seldom have any water and sanitation facilities. The reason often given by the Municipal Corporation is that the land in which the poor have set up their homes does not belong to them and that slum-dwellers do not pay taxes. However, people living in middle-class neighbourhoods pay very little in taxes compared to the amount of money the Corporation spends on them in setting up parks, street lighting facilities, regular garbage collection, etc. Also as you read in this chapter, the property taxes collected by the Municipality make up only 25-30 percent of its money.
Why do you think it is important that the Corporation should spend more money on slum localities? Why is it important that the Municipal Corporation provide the poor in the city with the same facilities that the rich get?
Fill in the blank with appropriate word to complete the sentence:
The Ward Councillor is elected by the people of his __________.
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Gangabai was a timid lady
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Pune, being a big city, has a Municipal Corporation.
Matching Skill.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Councilors | (a) Provides basic amenities |
| (ii) Commissioner and administrative staff | (b) Collected by Corporation |
| (iii) Municipal Corporation | (c) Elected bodies |
| (iv) Property Taxes | (d) Hit by plague in 1994 |
| (v) Surat | (e) Appointed by the government |
Very Short Answer Type Question:
What is the difference between the ward Commissioner and the ward Councillors?
Short Answer Type Question:
How are complicated decisions taken? Explain with examples.
