Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
नवी मुंबई महानगरपालिका
Type
Type
History
Founded 1st January, 1992
Leadership
Commissioner
Tukaram Mundhe, IAS
Mayor
Sudhakar Sonawane, NCP
Deputy Mayor
Avinash Lad, INC
Leader of Opposition
Structure
Seats 111
Political groups
NCP (53)
Shiv Sena (37)
INC (10)
BJP (06)
Independents (05)
Elections
Last election
2015
Meeting place
New Headquarters of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Website
www.nmmconline.com

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is the municipal organisation of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. On 17 December 1991 NMMC was constituted by the Maharashtra Government for catering to the requirements of 29 villages in CIDCO Navi Mumbai project. The local self-government started functioning from 1 January 1992. NMMC administers an area of 162 square km. It operates public bus transport services in areas under its jurisdiction.[1]

Headquarters

NMMC is considered as one of the most efficient Municipal Corporation in India. Till 2014, the NMMC was headquartered in an eight storied building in CBD Belapur. In 2014, construction of a new civic building was complete and NMMC decided to lease out the old premises after moving into the new one.[2] The new NMMC headquarters is located at Killa Junction at CBD Belapur and is reported to have the tallest National Flag of India at a height of 225 feet.[3]

Corporation Election 2010

Political Performance in Election 2010 [4]

S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators
01 Indian National Congress (INC) 13
02 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 01
03 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 55
04 Shiv Sena (SS) 16
05 Independents 04

Corporation Election 2015

Political performance

S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators Change
01 Nationalist Congress Party 53 Decrease 2
02 Shiv Sena 37 Increase 21
03 Indian National Congress 10 Decrease 3
04 Bharatiya Janata Party 06 Increase 5
05 Independents 05 Increase 1

References

  1. Suryavanshi, Sudhir (October 14, 2012). "Long-distance travellers say no to autos, taxis". Mumbai. Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  2. Bannerjee, Sanjay (20 February 2014). "NMMC's old office to be rented out". Times of India. Navi Mumbai. Retrieved Sep 28, 2014.
  3. Tawade, Rahul (26 January 2014). "Navi Mumbai: New civic building set to create records of sorts". Daily News and Analysis. Navi Mumbai (Belapur). Retrieved Sep 28, 2014.
  4. http://www.mahasec.com/marathi/results.pdf
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