Rajkot_Municipal_Corporation Knowpia

Rajkot Municipal Corporation
Rajkot Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Rajkot
History
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Leadership
Municipal commissioner	Shri Anand Patel
Mayor	Naynaben Pedhadiya, BJP
Deputy mayor	Narendrasinh Jadeja, BJP
Structure
Seats	72
Political groups	Government (68); BJP: 68 seats; Opposition (2); INC: 2 seats; Vacant (2); Vacant: 2 seats;
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Last election	2021
Next election	2026
Website
	www.rmc.gov.in

Rajkot Municipal Corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state of India. The organization is known, in short, as RMC. It was established in 1973. This civic administrative body administers an area of 104.86 km². RMC is headed by Mayor of Rajkot.^[3]

The governing structure of RMC consists of political and administrative wings. The political wing is an elected body of councilors headed by a mayor. The municipal commissioner from the IAS cadre heads the administrative wing and is responsible for strategic and operational planning and management of the corporation. The commissioner takes decisions on behalf of the board or the standing committee formed from the elected councilors to perform the duties of the corporation.

Services edit

The RMC is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.^[4]

City bus service - BRTS & RMTS
Water Purification and Supply
Sewage treatment and Disposal
Garbage disposal and Street Cleanliness
Solid Waste Management
Disaster Management
Building and Maintenance of Roads, Streets and Flyovers.
Street Lighting
Maintenance of Parks, Gardens and Open Plots (Spaces)
Cemeteries and Crematoriums
Registering of Births and Deaths
Conservation of Heritage Sites
Disease control, including Immunization
Maintaining (Public) Municipal managed schools.

City Civic Center edit

Rajkot Municipal Corporation has started City Civic Center in different areas of city to get maximum advantage of the technology and give transparency in the day-to-day administration. RMC has five City Civic Centers, operational in different areas of Rajkot Municipal Corporation for benefits of citizens of Rajkot. Now any citizen can access municipal corporation's services within 3 km from his/her residence. All city civic centers are connected with one other by online networking facility. City civic center provides facilities like: Property Tax Assessment and Collection, Water Charges Assessment and Collection, New water connection, Complaint Redressal, Shop and Establishment, Birth's and Death's certificates, Building plans' permissions and various tax collection.^[5]

Amin Marg City Civic Center
Krishna Nagar City Civic Center
East Zone City Civic Center
Central Office City Civic Center
West Zone City Civic Center
Kothariya Road City Civic Center

Administrative purposes the city is divided into 3 zones - Central, East and West. The city is further divided in 18 wards.^[6]

The corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner, an IAS officer appointed by the government of Gujarat. He wields the executive power of the house. Each ward is represented by 4 corporators. An election is held to elect corporators to power. The mayor heads the party with the largest number of corporators elected. The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day running of the city services.

Initiatives edit

Environment Safety Initiative edit

In 2018, RMC banned plastic pouches in Rajkot in order to save the environment.^[7]

Rajkot Marathon 2017 edit

Rajkot Municipal Corporation had organized Marathon on 5 February 2017 (Sunday). There were six different routes offered to the runners:

Full Marathon (42.195 km)
Half Marathon (21.097 km)
Dream Run (10.00 km)
Rangeela Rajkot Run (5.00 km)
Senior Citizen Run (2.50 km)
Special Run - For differently-abled people (1.00 km)

Cheteshwar Pujara, Indian Cricketer was the brand ambassador of that marathon. The objective of the marathon was to spread awareness about smart city under the slogan of "Run for Smart Rajkot"
There were 63595 runners participated in various offered marathon routes. It became the second largest marathon of the world and the largest marathon of Asia with such huge participation.

Reception edit

Awards and recognition edit

In 2015, Quality Council of India, New Delhi felicitated Rajkot Municipal Corporation with Effective Management of Malnutrition in Slum Children Award
In 2015, Nation Accreditation Board For Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (Constituent Board of Quality Council of India.) felicitated Rajkot Municipal Corporation with Nabh Accreditation Award (Nabh Accreditation To Nana Mawa Health Center 1st Urban Health Center of India To Get Such Accreditation.)
In 2015, Government Of Gujarat felicitated Rajkot Municipal Corporation with 'Kayakalp Award' For Best Practice In Healthcare Felicitated By Hon. Chief Minister Shri Anandiben Patel
In 2016, Quality Council of India, New Delhi felicitated Rajkot Municipal Corporation with National Award For Implementation of Food Safety Act-2016

Guinness World Records edit

In 2017, Rajkot Municipal Corporation has become the Guinness World Record holder for "Largest House Cleaning Lesson" in which there were 1890 people from the various areas of Rajkot participated in performed the same as demonstrated by the trainer. This lesson lasted for more than 50 minutes. The participants were taught and trained about cleaning kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room and floor along with tips for segregation of waste at source. Further, every participant was gifted the kit containing two dustbins, a mop, a broom and a duster. This record attempt was made on 28 May 2017 at Rajkot. Official Link of Guinness World Records page.

References edit

^ "Lawyer Pradeep Dav is BJP's choice for Rajkot city mayor". 13 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "RMC Election Result: રાજકોટમાં તમામ વોર્ડના પરિણામ જાહેર, ભાજપ-68, કોંગ્રેસ-4" (in Gujarati). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "RMC Statistics". 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
^ Departments of Services Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 25 December 2007
^ Rajkot City Civic Center Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 26 January 2008
^ "Wards Information Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Retrieved on 25 December 2007
^ "Rajkot Municipal Corporation issues ban on plastic pouches in Gujarat from tomorrow". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Lawyer Pradeep Dav is BJP's choice for Rajkot city mayor". 13 March 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[2] "RMC Election Result: રાજકોટમાં તમામ વોર્ડના પરિણામ જાહેર, ભાજપ-68, કોંગ્રેસ-4" (in Gujarati). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[3] "RMC Statistics". 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.

[4] Departments of Services Archived 17 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 25 December 2007

[5] Rajkot City Civic Center Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 26 January 2008

[6] "Wards Information Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Retrieved on 25 December 2007

[7] "Rajkot Municipal Corporation issues ban on plastic pouches in Gujarat from tomorrow". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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