Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation

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Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC)

नांदेड महापालिका
Type
Type
Municipal Corporation
of the Nanded
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded26 March 1997 (24 years ago) (1997-03-26)
Preceded byNanded Municipal Council
Leadership
Municipal Commissioner
Dr. Sunil Lahane[1], IAS
since May 2020
Mohini Yevankar, INC
since 21 September 2020
Chairman, Standing Committee
Mrs. Anuja Tehra, INC
Leader of the Opposition
Mr.Dipak Singh Rawat, BJP
Structure
Seats81
Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation as of Nov 2021.svg
Political groups
  • Government
  •   INC (73)
  • Opposition
  •   BJP (6)
  •   SS (1)
  •   Independent (1)
Elections
First past the post
First election
October, 1997
Last election
11 October 2017
Next election
2022
Motto
"कटिबद्धा जनहिताय" (Sanskrit)
Prepared for public interest
Meeting place
Town Hall, Oppo. SGGS Memorial Hospital & Near Collectorate, Nanded-431605.
Website
http://www.nwcmc.gov.in

The Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation is the municipal governing body of the city of Nanded-Waghala in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and the Municipal Commissioner is the CEO who administers the city's civic services, infrastructure.[2]

History[]

NWCMC was established on 26 March 1997, by merging Nanded Municipal Council and adjoining Waghala Municipal Council. The Corporation is constituted under the provisions of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. Corporation is governed by the provisions of 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992.

Geographical Scope[]

Nanded City is divided in two parts i.e. Old Nanded (20.62 km2) situated north side of the Godavari river (on the left bank) and New Nanded (31.14 km2) comprising Waghala and six other newly merged villages and CIDCO area, compromising south of the Godavari River. The total area under the NWCMC jurisdiction is 51.76 km2 i.e. (5,176.66 Ha).

In addition to the Waghala Municipal Council 5 more Villages viz. Vasarni Village, Kautha Village, Asarjan Village, Fatehjangpur Village, Asadwan Village & CIDCO and HUDCO colonies were merged with the NWCMC.[3]

Administration[]

The NWCMC is headed by an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner, wielding executive power. A quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty. The Mayor, usually from the majority party, serves as head of the house.

City officials
Mayor Diksha Kapil Dhabale 22 November 2019
Deputy Mayor Satish Deshmukh 22 November 2019
Municipal Commissioner Lahuraj Mali 8 May 2020
Police Commissioner Manoj Singhal 28 February 2019

Mayor's of Nanded[]

Office of NWCMC is located at Nanded which is situated on the banks of Godavari River.

No. Name Party Term
1 Sudhakar Pandhare Shivsena 1997
2 Mangala Nimkar INC 1998-99
3 Gangadhar More INC 1999-2002
4 ABC ABONDON
5
6
7 Omprakash Pokarna INC 2002-05
8 Prakash Mutha INC 2005-07
9 S. Balwant Singh Gadiwale INC 2007-2010
10 Ajay Bisen INC 2010-12
11 Abdul Sattar INC 2012-15
12 Shailaja Kishor Swami INC 2015-17
13 Shila Kishor Bhavre INC 2017-18
14 Deeksha Dhabale INC 2018-20
15 Mohini V. Yevankar INC 2020

Corporation Election 2017[]

The Municipal corporation elections were held on. 11 October 2017 and the result was declared on 23 November 2017.

Political performance in Election 2017[]

The results of Election 2017 are as follows.[4]

S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators
01 Indian National Congress (INC) 73
02 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 06
03 Shiv Sena (SS) Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.png 01
04 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) NCP-flag.svg 00
05 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Flag of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.svg 00
06 Other Registered Parties No flag.svg 00
07 Independents No flag.svg 01

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.nwcmc.gov.in/commissioner.php
  2. ^ The Nanded Waghala City Municipal Corporation
  3. ^ The Nanded-Waghala municipal corporation
  4. ^ http://www.mahasec.com/marathi/results.pdf
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