Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is a local government for

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...

, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of

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. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration in the city of

, in short it is also known as LMC. In 2021, LMC passed a budget of 1946.82 Crore INR for the financial year 2021-2022.

Main functions

This local governing body is responsible for planning and development of several civic community and infrastructure within different parts of the city. The LMC is concerned with providing local amenities to the citizens. * Maintenance & development of roads, subways, bridges, and flyovers * Spreading green environment concept * Developing the slums into better living zones for backward classes * Construction of health units, schools, and food canteens * Garbage disposal unit at every part of the city * Providing sufficient water and electricity facility * Free education with meal and clothes to poverty ridden children up to 12 years Apart from these social services, the LMC is concentrating on preserving the city heritage structure and buildings. The municipality is responsible for issuing of birth and death certificate to city residents. This policy helps in maintaining a record on the population growth rate. The city development plan (CDP) is a project undertaken by LMC in association with JNNURM. The main purpose of this project is to offer a through city assessment. This is required for development of the Lucknow city in the near future. There is a 3 tier strategy to be implanted under this plan: * Infrastructure & service delivery improvement * Basic services to urban poor * Institutional & governance reforms The CDP formulation procedure was carried out after consulting the entire stakeholders associated with this project. One on one discussion session with every stakeholder was carried out. Under the three-tier strategy, major issues to be focused and services offered include: * Water Supply * Sewerage and Sanitation * Solid Waste Management * Drainage * Transportation Another project undertaken by LMC is city GIS mapping. The municipality will conduct a detailed GIS mapping of the city. This will help in locating any area within the city through internet. It is also a part of JNNURM program. Funding for this project is being provided by

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Developments

On 2 December 2020, LMC got listed on

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(BSE), becoming the first civic body in

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to issue bonds under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

Departments

There are 7 working departments which comes under LMC. # Health Department # Home Tax Department # Air Quality Management # Garden Department # Publicity Department # Accounts Department # Property Department

Administration

* The LMC is headed by an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner and appointed by the

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, having all the executive powers. * The

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, usually from the majority party, serves as head of the house. Mayor is known as the first citizen of the city. The current mayor of the LMC is

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while the current municipal commissioner is IAS Indrajeet Singh.

Legislature

LMC consists of 110 wards for which a quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty in their constituencies (wards). Various political parties nominate their candidates and the people of respective wards cast their votes during elections to elect the corporator for their ward.

Mayor

is the current and first women mayor of LMC since 2017. She was elected in 2017 LMC election and took the oath of the office on 12 December 2017. Mayor is considered as the first lady of the city.

LMC elections

Mayor elections

2017

2012

2006

Corporator elections of 2017

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References

External links

* {{Municipal Corporations in Uttar Pradesh Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh Year of establishment missing Lucknow