Panvel Municipal Corporation
Panvel City Municipal Corporation | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | Municipal Corporation |
| Established | October 2016 |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Municipal Commissioner & Administrator | Shri Sudhakar Deshmukh |
Deputy Mayor | Jagdish Gaikwad, RPI(A) |
Opposition Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 78 |
 | |
Political groups | BJP: 51 seats PWP: 23 seats NCP: 2 seats INC: 2 seats |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2017[3] |
| Website | |
| http://www.panvelcorporation.com | |
Municipal Corporation of The City of Panvel is the governing body of the city of Panvel in Raigad district.[4][5][6]
In 2016 Maharashtra State cabinet decided to elevate Panvel Municipal Council to Municipal Corporation.
History[]
Panvel Municipal Council was formed on August 25, 1852 as the first municipal council in the country.[citation needed] The initial notification for converting Panvel Municipal Council to Municipal Corporation came in the year 1991 but was never finalised. After rapid urbanisation post-2000, Panvel Municipal Council was eventually upgraded to Municipal Corporation in 2016.
Panvel Municipal Corporation is the first Municipal Corporation in Raigad district, 9th in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and 27th in the state of Maharashtra. The Municipal Corporation includes 29 revenue villages of Panvel taluka including CIDCO colonies of Taloja, Kharghar, Kalamboli, Kamothe New Panvel covering area of 110 km2.
The Government of Maharashtra through its Urban Development Department's notification dated 14th October 2016 has added 11 more villages (namely: Bid, Adivali, Rohinjan, Dhansar, Pisarve, Turbhe, Karvale Budruk, Nagzeri, Taloje Majkur, Ghot and Koynavele) of Panvel Taluka to the Panvel Municipal Corporation. Earlier these 11 villages were part of MMRDA's sanctioned development plan of "AKBSNA"(Ambernath Kulgaon Badlapur Surrounding Notified Area).
Corporation election 2017[]
Political performance in election 2017[]
Panvel Municipal Corporation elections were conducted on 24 May 2017.[7]
| Parties | Number of Corporators | |
| Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP+RPI) | 51 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) | 23 | |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 2 | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 2 | |
| Shiv Sena (SS) | 0 | |
| Independents | 0 | |
Administration[]
The Municipal Corporation is headed by Mr. Sudhakar Deshmukh (previously Dr. Ganesh Deshmukh), who holds the post of Municipal Commissioner-cum-Administrator in the absence of an elected legislature.[citation needed] After the first elections will be held in summer 2017, the municipal corporation will consist of democratically elected members, headed by a mayor and administer the city's infrastructure, public services and supplies.
| Mayor | Dr. Kavita Chaoutmol |
| Deputy Mayor | Jagdish Gaikwad |
| Municipal Commissioner & Administrator | Sudhakar Deshmukh |
| Leader of the House | Paresh R. Thakur |
| Leader of Opposition | |
| Commissioner of Police | Hemant Nagrale (Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "भाजपा की कविता बनी पनवेल की पहली महापौर-news Video | Navbharat Times" (in Hindi).
- ^ "सेवाव्रती समाजकार्याची कास धरणारे व्यक्तिमत्व : प्रीतम म्हात्रे | Sakal".
- ^ "Maharashtra civic poll results: BJP sweeps Panvel Municipal Corporation".
- ^ Hindu, The (28 September 2016). "Panvel is now a municipal corporation". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Panvel becomes first municipal corporation in Raigad district". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2016.
- ^ "State nod to Panvel City Municipal Corporation | Navi Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
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