Question

With reference to Municipal Corporation, answer the following question:

State the functions of the Corporation.

Discuss the functions of a Municipal Corporation.

Answer 1

The municipal Corporation deals with two types of functions, e.g.,

1. Compulsory Functions: Provision of electricity, water sewage disposal etc., Public health, transport, education, births, and death records, managing the disasters e.g., floods, earthquakes, etc.
2. Optional Functions: Public housing, public parks, museums, libraries, children homes, orphanages, old age homes, rest houses, fairs, and beautification of the city.

Answer 2

Functions of a Municipal Corporation:

1. Formulating and overseeing urban and town planning.
2. Controlling land use and supervising building construction.
3. Preparing plans for economic and social progress.
4. Building and maintaining roads and bridges.
5. Providing water for residential, industrial, and business use.
6. Ensuring public health and maintaining sanitation.
7. Offering fire safety services.
8. Promoting urban forestry and taking steps to protect the environment and maintain ecological balance.
9. Protecting the interests of vulnerable groups in society, including those who are differently abled or mentally challenged.
10. Undertaking slum redevelopment and improvement.
11. Addressing and reducing urban poverty.
12. Creating and maintaining parks, gardens, playgrounds, and other urban facilities.
13. Encouraging cultural activities, education, and aesthetic enhancement.
14. Providing public services such as lighting, parking areas, and bus stops.
15. Preventing cruelty to animals.
16. Regulating the functioning of slaughterhouses and tanneries.