WB solution - Municipal Administration

Date: _____________ 19. Municipal Administration Choose the appropriate option.R Which of these is not a voluntary function of the Municipal Corporation? i)Housing for low income groups ii)Regulation of offensive, dangerous or obnoxious trades and callings or practices. iii)Promotion of welfare of municipal employees. iv)Planting and maintenance of roadside and other trees. Who is responsible for the overall development of a ward? i)Deputy Mayor ii)Mayor iii)Municipal Councillor iv)Standing Committee What tax is collected on goods coming into the city? i)Toll ii)Octroi iii)Sales iv)Service Which city was on the verge of a plague epidemic in 1994? i)Mumbai ii)Surat iii)Ahmedabad iv)Bengaluru Name the Following.R/U The Chief Executive Officer of the Municipal Corporation.Municipal Commissioner A public body formed out of a ward councillor and a few residents of the ward. Ward Committee. Surat’s Municipal Commissioners in the mid and late-1990s. S.R. Rao and S. Jagadeesan A Tax collected for the use of roads.Toll tax 3.Fill in the blanks.(R) The Malabar Hill Residents’ Association (MHRA) ensures that wet and dry waste is collected and segregated. A Grant-in Aidis given to the local bodies by the government to meet their expenditure. The Municipal Corporation coordinates with the State Governmentfor the implementation of the various developmental programmes. Planting and maintenance of trees is a voluntary function of the municipal corporation. 4.Answer the followingin one sentence each.(R/AP) What are the three types of Urban local Bodies? Nagar Panchayats, Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations How are the members of the Municipal Corporation elected? The members of the Municipal Corporation are elected by the people directly through elections. What is the role of the Deputy Mayor? The Deputy Mayor works under the Mayor. Who appoints the Municipal Commissioner? The Municipal Commissioner is appointed for a fixed term as defined by the State government. 5.Answer the following questions in detail.(U/AP) State any four mandatory functions of the Municipal corporation. Supply of pure water Construction and maintenance of public streets. Lighting and watering of public streets. Cleaning of public streets, places and sewers Regulation of offensive, dangerous or obnoxious trades and callings or practices. Maintenance or support of public hospitals; establishment and maintenance of primary schools. Registration of births and deaths; removing obstructions and projections in public streets, bridges and other places. Naming streets and numbering houses How did Surat manage to become India’s cleanest city? The government, non-governmental agencies, civil society, as well as the private sector came together. S.R. Rao and S. Jagadeesan had served as Surat’s municipal commissioners in the mid and late-1990s. They changed the complete look of the city. The cleaning of dirt and debris, disposal of carcasses, pumping of stagnant water, spraying of pesticides, and anti-rodent operations were given top priorities. The garbage was disposed by unloading the solid waste on plastic sheets that were spread at the disposal site to prevent the toxic waste from seeping into the earth. The threat of epidemic was further reduced by setting up of urban medical centres. Write a short note on various measures taken by the Malabar Hill Residents’ Association (MHRA). The MHRA focuses on making people aware about their civic rights that cover fundamental principles of hygiene and cleanliness. It ensures that a hawking zone to maintain cleanliness to achieve traffic decongestion. It checks that the dry and wet waste has been collected and segregated from the area through a sustained campaign. It keeps a check on the segregation and collection of dry and wet waste from the area through a sustained campaign. It takes care of free supply of garbage bags to the housing societies. Regular interaction is conducted with Malabar Hill Police Station to guarantee safety and security to the residents of the area. 6. Read the following case study and answer the following questions.R/AN/AP Indore has retained its cleanest city tag in the clean India survey conducted in 2018. Before it was praised for its cleanliness drive in 2017, the city was just like any other urban city in India dealing with its mounting garbage problem. In 2016, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) was criticised by pollution control boards, green bodies and environmentalists for not treating its garbage properly. This prompted the IMC to come up with various ways to tackle the problem. It began deploying more than 600 workers to clean the town and started providing door-to-door waste collection services to 4, 81,000 households and 1, 40,000 commercial units. The IMC imposes a penalty on those who do not keep public facilities clean. “The corporation officials are so strict that for littering the city, the officials charge the residents and the shopkeepers a penalty between Rs 100 and Rs 1 lakh. This initiative of the IMC has changed the overall behaviour of the people and helped the IMC in improving municipal services," says Vipul Chafekar, a resident of Nanda Nagar, Indore. Why was Indore criticised by various environmentalist groups? The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) was criticised by pollution control boards, green bodies and environmentalists for not treating its garbage properly. What did the IMC do to tackle the problem of waste management? It began deploying more than 600 workers to clean the town and started providing door-to-door waste collection services to 4, 81,000 households and 1, 40,000 commercial units. What penalty does the IMC impose on those who do not keep public facilities clean? The officials charge the residents and the shopkeepers a penalty between Rs 100 and Rs 1 lakh. Do you think imposing a fine played a role in changing people’s attitude towards cleanliness? Yes or No 7.How can we effectively contribute towards waste management in our vicinity? (EV/CR)