Agra Municipal Corporation
Agra Municipal Corporation or Agra Nagar Nigam is the Municipal Corporation responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Agra in India. The organization is also known as AMC or ANN. This civic administrative body administers the city's cleanliness and other public services like public health and parks. The head of the AMC is the mayor.[4][5]
Agra Municipal Corporation Agra Nagar Nigam | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Ankit Khandelwal, IAS | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 100 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (58)
Opposition (42) |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
| Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Website | |
| nagarnigamagra | |
The AMC is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning and welfare services. The mayor and councillors are elected to five-year terms.
List of mayors
| Year | Member | Winning Party | Votes | Winning Margin | Runner-up Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Anjula Singh Mahaur[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,36,637 | 26,335 | Independent |
| 2012 | Inderjeet Singh Arya[7] | 1,35,647 | 12,434 | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2017 | Naveen Kumar Jain[8] | 2,17,881 | 74,000 | ||
| 2023 | Hemalata Diwakar[1] | 2,67,925 | – | ||
Some of the key projects
- Solar City Plan for Agra[9]
- Nala Safai Project[10]
- Metro Rail in Agra
- Agra Lucknow Expressway
- Night Markets in Agra
References
- "BJP's Hemlata Diwakar Is New Mayor Of Agra, Wins By 1.13 Lakh Votes". Jagran English. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- "BJP wins 58 out of 100 wards of Agra Nagar Nigam, BSP at number two". Agra News. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- Agra Development Plan
- Agra civic body seeks public opinion to make city smart
- "Mayoral poll: The lotus blooms". The Hindustan Times. 8 November 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- "BJP wins Agra mayoral seat,fails to get majority in civic body". NDTV. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- Deepak Lavania (2 December 2017). "BJP wins post of Agra mayor for fifth consecutive time - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- Solar City Plan for Agra
- Nala Safai
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.